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COMPENDIUM TLUO
ROBERT RYAN CORY
KIRKMAN writer
OTTLEY
penciler [issues 4s-ts,
WALKER
penciler/inker (issues
68-s4, 87-26, Invincible 66-67, 8SS-8b, 92-96,
Returns 1 main story) Invincible Returns
inker (issues 4e-5s1, 5s, backup story 1)
73, 75, 83, 87, ss) covers (issues bb, 67, ss,
covers (4e-so, S2-65, 6s- 8b, 22-96)
84, 87-96)

CLIFF FCO SHEILA

RATHBURN PLASCENCIA SRLDANA
inker (issues s2-s4, colorist (issues si-es, color assistant
So6-65, 68-8Y, 87, 82A-%, 638-78, 8ss-sb6, Invincible {issues 75-78)
Invincible Returns 1 Returns 1 main story)
main story] IUAN
DAVE MCCRIG PLASCENCIA
RUS WOOTON colorist (issues cv-e7) color assistant
letterer
NIKOS KOUTSIS {issue 75)
BILL colorist (issues 7a-s1) MIKE TORIS
CRABTREE JOHN RAUCH color assistant
colorist (issues 4s-so] {issue 79-81)
colorist
(issues s2-s4, 87-26)

BYRN OTTLEY s JOHN RAUCH

cover

BASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN au COUERS

JASON HOWARD JIM LEE
penciler, colorist, cover issue 51
CLIFF BATHBURN
DAUID FINCH
inker
Invincible Returns
RUS WOOTON
letterer

INUINCIBLE crenteo by ROBERT KIRKMAN s CORY LUALKER

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2. DIGITAL EDITION. Published by Image Comics, Inc. Office

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Since first breaking in as the writer of his self-published Battle Pope, ROBERT KIRKMAN
has been a strident proponent of creator-owned comics. Making his home at Image Comics
early on, Kirkman is the creator and co-creator of some of the company’s most beloved
titles, including Invincible, The Walking Dead and Super Dinosaur. Based on the strength
of his creator-owned properties, the writer was offered work at Marvel Comics, where he
worked on popular characters such as the X-Men and Fantastic Four, while launching the
fan-favorite The Irredeemable Ant-Man and Destroyer MAX. More recently, Kirkman has
committed himself fully to creator-owned work, continuing his three ongoing titles under
his Skybound imprint at Image while also acting as executive producer on The Walking Dead
television show.

Starting with issue #8, RYAN OTTLEY has not only made Invincible his home, but he
has made it his own as well. For years, the artist has joined forces with Robert Kirkman
in detailing the ongoing adventures of young Mark Grayson. Not only is Ottley a talented
storyteller, but he also boasts an unparalleled work ethic. His speed made it possible for him
to draw a guest spot on DC Comics’ Superman/Batman as well as launch the new ongoing
series Haunt, while remaining Invincible’s regular artist for over ninety issues and counting.

The co-creator of Invincible, CORY WALKER was also the series’ original artist, drawing
issues #1-7 and setting the tone for the title. Since then, the talented artist has performed
art duties on numerous titles at both Marvel and DC Comics, including issues of Marvel
Team-Up, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, Punisher War Journal, and Shadowpact in addition
to acting as sole artist on the critically acclaimed Destroyer MAX, alongside writer and
Invincible co-creator Robert Kirkman. Walker has never forgotten his creation however, and
has contributed frequent guest spots on Invincible issues, covers and back-ups.

The Mexico-based artist FCO PLASCENCIA began his professional coloring career on
Gemini from Image Comics, before his extended runs on Invincible, Astounding Wolf-Man
and Haunt. He currently colors DC Comic’s bestselling Batman.

JOHN RAUCH is an American comic book colorist whose credits include Invincible, The
Darkness, Teen Titans: Year One, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, and a bunch of other stuff not worth
bragging about. He enjoys speaking about himself in the third person and pretending he is
more talented and relevant than he really is in order to help fight off bouts of depression.

Anyone who looks at the credits of their favorite comic books is likely familiar with the
name RUS WOOTON. with his work on Invincible, The Walking Dead, Super Dinosaur,
The Manhattan Projects, Sex and more, a case could easily be made for Wooton being the
go-to letterer for creator-owned comics. But Wooton’s work can also be found in abundance
at Marvel Comics, where as a member of Chris Eliopoulos’ Virtual Caligraphy group he has
lettered countless series including Fantastic Four, newuniversal, Uncanny X-Men and more.

SEAN MACKIEWICZ is the Editorial Director of Skybound Entertainment. Choosing his favorite
title to work on is like picking your favorite child...if all your children were covered in blood.
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THE SHADOW LOT OF US. CUT
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CRAZY?!
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WHY DOESN’T
ANYONE KNOW
ABOUT THIS?

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NIGHT BOY WHEN
HE WORKED WITH
THE ORIGINAL
DARKWING.

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THIS ALL OVER THE
NEWS? I THOUGHT
EVERYONE KNEW
ABOUT THIS.

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GET OUT
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NO CLUE
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MONSTERS WERE
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NEVER WENT STEDMAN HEADS
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DEFENSE AGENCY--
THEY CAN DO
ANYTHING IN THE
NAME OF “GLOBAL
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HE’D--

I DON’T
KNOW... AND
THAT’S THE
PROBLEM.

I’ve BEEN TOO

TRUSTING, TOO NAIVE. I’ve
TAKEN EVERYTHING CECIL
HAS EVER TOLD ME AT FACE
VALUE. I HAVEN’T FOLLOWED ALL HIS
ORDERS... BUT I’VE NEVER DOUBTED
HIM--NEVER ASKED QUESTIONS.

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UP BETWEEN US. I
DON’T LIKE THIS...
TENSION.

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I'D LIKE THAT,
MARK. WHAT
ARE YOU GOING
TO DO NOW?

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FOUR YEARS. ANYONE MURDER CHARGE
WHO COMMITTED A
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BY REASON OF
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PAY FOR WHAT
I SAW IT-- HE DID! YOU
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We’VE HELPED HIM PERFECT GOPPAMMIT, NO! NOT

HIS TECHNOLOGY--THEY’RE AFTER WHAT HE DID TO
BUILT ON CADAVERS NOW. HIS THOSE PEOPLE. HE CUT
WORK ON LIVING SUBJECTS PIECES OFF THEM--
IS OVER--IT’S ALL MUTILATED THEM.
LEGIT Now. HE RUINED THEIR
Lives!
THE LIVES
HIS REANIMEN HE DOESN’T
WILL SAVE-- GET TO DO THIS!
HE’S GOING TO YOU CAN’T GET
REVOLUTIONIZE AWAY WITH
THIS! I WON’T
ALLOW IT.

NOW, MARK--
DON’T GET

NO--THIS

THIS, CECIL!
YOU CAN’T--
YOU--

WHY ARE
WE IN THE WHITE
ROOM? WHY DID
YOU BRING
ME HERE?
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ANGSTROM
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I’M ONLY
PROTECTING
MYSELF. WE
DIDN’T ATTACK
YOU, MARK.

G/ YOU BROUGHT ME IN
HERE FOR AN AMBUSH!
YOU PLANNED THIS! YOU
DON’T WANT ME BLOWING
THE WHISTLE ON YOUR
LITTLE OPERATION--YOU
DON’T WANT THE PUBLIC
TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
REALLY uP TO.

SITUATION. I PROTECT
THE WORLD--AND
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A CHANCE TO
CONVINCE YOU
THAT I’M RIGHT.
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DONE FOR YOU--
YOUR FAMILY,
ALL THE TIME
We’VE WORKED
TOGETHER...
WHAT DID
I THINK YOU BO TO
rf YOU AT ME?
P| LEAST OWE

WHEN WE FOUND YOU--

AFTER YOUR FATHER HAD
LEFT YOU FOR DEAD, AFTER
HE HAD THREATENED TO
TAKE OVER THE WORLD--
DO YOU REALLY THINK
WE’D TRUST YOU
$0 BLINDLY?
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COMMUNICATOR
WE IMBEDDED IN
YOUR EAR ISN’T
ALONE IN
THERE.
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TO PAY OFF--WE
FIGURED YOUR
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HAND--DESTROYING
THIS TRANSMITTER,
JUST KNOW, IF IT’S
DAMAGED, THE
PULSE IN YOUR EAR
GOES INTO A
PERMANENT

WHAT DO
YOU--THINK
THE RANGE
IS ON THAT
THING?
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YOU WOULD BE
MUCH MORE
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THIS FORM OF
WE HAD ATTACK THAN A
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EQUILIBRIUM
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YOUR FLYING
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DONE THE SAME BEFORE WE DEFEATED Vv,
TODAY--BUT LISTEN TO ME DOC SEISMIC erie \
WHEN I SAY THIS--HE
IS NO FRIEND TO ANY EARLIER. NOT TELLING
OF US NOW. (

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EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO COMPROMISE
THE SECURITY OF
THIS PLANET. HE IS
UNDERMINING ME AND
MY ORGANIZATION--
THE ORGANIZATION
THAT FUNDS
THIS TEAM.

ASK YOU TO HELP HE’S EMPLOYING MURDERERS!

ME RESTRAIN THE MAN WHO HELPED US STOP
HIM, DOC SEISMIC, PARKWING,
HE’S A MURDERER--I KNOW
YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME
BUT IT’S TRUE.

I WAS SENT
INTO MIDNIGHT
CITY BY CECIL--
SENT IN TO STOP A
MURDERER. I FOUND
OUT IT WAS DARKWING,
HE’D SNAPPED, HE
WAS KILLING ANYONE I ARRESTED
WHO wm HIM--I THOUGHT
HE WAS IN JAIL.
CECIL SUPPRESSED
THE TRUTH--PUT
HIM ON THE
PAYROLL!

I KNOW DARKWING. THESE ROBOTS--

HE WAS ALWAYS THESE REANIMEN
ARROGANT, EVEN HE’S GOT WITH HIM.
HATEFUL... BUT I THEY WERE INVENTED
DON’T SEE HIM BY 4 MAN WHO BUILT
BEING A THEM AROUND
MURDERER. HOMELESS PEOPLE
AND COLLEGE
STUDENTS--MY
FRIENDS, THEY
ATTACKED MY
COLLEGE CAMPUS
TWICE--YOU HAD
TO SEE THAT ON
THE News!

HE KILLED
MORE THAN A
DOZEN PEOPLE
PERFECTING
THOSE
MONSTROSITIES.

I SAW THAT...
ITHOUGHT FF
THOSE THINGS
LOOKED
FAMILIAR.
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PENTAGON ON
HER OWN. ABOUT ROBOT?
WHAT ARE
P.S. YOUR THEY GOING
BROTHER IS
AWESOME.
HAVE I TOLD
YOU THAT?

THEY’RE QUITTING.
ROBOT AND MONSTER
GIRL ARE... AND REX, SHAPESMITH
HIM TOO FOR SURE. HAS SOME KIND OF
BULLETPROOF IS HERO-WORSHIP
A MAYBE. THING GOING ON WITH
IMMORTAL, SO IF HE
DOESN’T QUIT, NEITHER
me WILL SHAPESMITH--AND
< IMMORTAL’S SO TIGHT
I DON’T WITH CECIL HE’S
KNOW ABOUT NOT GOING
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ROBOT TOOK
THAT DEVICE
OUT OF MY EAR,
HE MENTIONED
SOMETHING ABOUT
STILL HAVING THE
TEEN TEAM’S OLD
BASE--WHOEVER
QUITS MIGHT START
WORKING OUT OF
THAT AGAIN.
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WHEN I THOUGHT--
THIS IS IT. I’M GOING

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RECORD TIME--
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DID THEY
MESS UP WHEN
THEY WERE
APPLYING THE
ARTIFICIAL

THAT'S NOT ARTIFICIAL.

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ONLY PART OF MY SKIN
THAT WAS EVEN REMOTELY
SALVAGEABLE. THEY
WANTED TO REPLACE IT--
BUT I WOULDN’T
LET THEM.
I WANT TO
BE REMINDED
OF THIS NIGHTMARE
EVERY TIME I LOOK
IN THE MIRROR... I
MESSED UP, BRIT.
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KILLED.
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CECIL. YOUR COUNTRY
: NEEDS YOU...

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INVOLVED IN A SIDE
PROJECT--IT’S
TAKING UP ALOT OF
MY TIME AND IT’S TO STEP DOWN--
ENTERING INTO GRAY DISTANCE MY
AREAS I CAN’T PROJECT AND
DIRECTLY ASSOCIATE MYSELF FROM
WITH ist ee THE AGENCY.

YOU ARE
THE ONLY MAN
ALIVE WHO
COULD REPLACE
Me.

STILL BITTER CONSIDER MY

OVER OUR LAST OFFER. YOU
DON’T HAVE TO
DECIDE NOW,
BUT SOON.
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BUT YOU’RE MORE
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THE TRUTH
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THE GO0OP GUY--
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HAVE THE SAME JOB. COME CLEAN IT UP.
BACK TO MY HEADQUARTERS
WITH ME--IT’LL BE
EASIER TO TALK
THERE.
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EVERYTMOHING DURING
YOUR CONVERSATION,
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YOU’RE FLYING
OR YOU’LL
NEVER GET
FASTER.
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YOU--MY SOMEBODY'S YOU’RE GOING MOM LAST NIGHT AND
GOT TO SHOW TO TEACH ME I’M MOVING BACK
YOU HOW TO STUFF2 HOME--I/LL HAVE THE WHERE
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POWERS. YOU LEARN HOW TO GOING?
DO THINGS

WE’RE GOING TO VISIT

ART ROSENBAUM... MY
TAILOR. YOU DON’T LOOK
LIKE MUCH OF A
SUPERHERO
RIGHT NOW.
You
WANT A REAL
COSTUME,
RIGHT?
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BASE OF THE
TEEN TEAM.

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GUYS ARE
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THIS PLACE
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A BIT OF A STEP
DOWN, THAT'S ALL.
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; MORE FROM KATE...
I MEAN, AND I CAN'T BELIEve
CECIL STILL SHAPESMITH STAYED
HAS A TO0--AFTER SEEING
GUARDIANS WHAT CECIL DID TO
OF THE INVINCIBLE.
BE
RIGHT?

I BARELY
REMEMBER BEING
A TEENAGER--AND
JUST BEING AROUND
YOU KIDS MAKES ME FEEL
OLD ENOUGH AS IT Is.
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EVEN DOING Here? BUTUT I AM M MOVING BACK J THERE’S JUST TOO
THOUGHT YOU HERE. I’M NOT GIVING MUCH TO DO--BY
ICA UP ON THE CONTINENT-— THE TIME I’M
BUT I CAN’T FOCUS FINISHED FIXING AN
ON IT ANYMORE. AREA--IT’S ALREADY
STARTING TO FALL

YEAH, WE’RE...
UH... DATING NOW,
I GUESS. WHICH

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AND ART
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COSTUME KID DISCUSSING
ROCKS! OMNI-MAN {Ss
HERE, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN--
AND He’s
AWESOME.

DON’T LOOK AT ME.

I THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING BY OMNI-BOY...
THIS KID OMNI-MAN
STUFF IS NEW
TOME. _

ART,
COULD YOU
GIVE USA
MINUTE? TI
THINK OLIVER
AND I NEED
TO TALK.

SURE, NO
PROBLEM.
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TELL YOU THIS, BECAUSE
HE’S THE ONLY NORMAL
me \ PERSON ON THIS PLANET
WHO DOESN’T ¢
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CAN’T HAVE
“OMNI-MAN” IN
YOUR NAME.
YOU JUST
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BECAUSE HE’S MY ISN’T THAT I KNOW WHAT HE DID

EVERYONE ON ratueK AND - SOMETHING HERE--BUT ON MY OKAY--MAYBE
THIS PLANET I WANT TO WE SHOULD HOME WORLD, HE WAS YOU’RE RIGHT.
HATES HIM! el ween see BETRYING A GREAT MAN, LOVED I DON’T
ME HELPING 1000? BY ALL. HE HELPED KNOW...
THEM--SAVING YOU oeet
THEM UNDER HIS US.
NAME, WON/T
THAT START TO
REDEEM
HIM?

OKAY, I CAN’T WAIT

ANY LONGER AND YOU
GAVE ME ENOUGH
TIME TO PUT ON A MARK, HUH?
COUPLE FINISHING . TRY THIS WHAT IS
ON. arts THAT’S
IT MY--
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OLD SUIT FOR A WHILE--
UH... I GOT BORED WITH IT.
WHY DO I BESIDES, THIS ONE WILL
NEED A NEw LOOK BETTER NEXT TO
COSTUME? YOUR BROTHER. THE I DON’T
OLP ONE WOULD HAVE KNOW... NO
CLASHED--T00 KNEE PADS?
Ln rae > MANY COLORS. NO FINGERLESS
GLOVES? AND I
KINDA LIKED
THE YELLOw.

YOU’RE KIDDING, RIGHT?

THOSE GLOVES WERE RIGHT
OUT OF AN EIGHTIES MOVIE AND
YOU’RE INPESTRUCTIBLE.
WHY DID I EVER Give YOU
KNEE PADS IN THE
FIRST PLACE?

FRANKLY,
YOUR OLD
COSTUME
ANNOYED Me.
THIS IS MUCH
BETTER. YOU'LL
LEARN TO Love
IT. TRUST
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YOU DO?
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THAT WAS YOUR MOTHER--

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I THOUGHT
THE ORDER
WAS GOING TO
LET ME ROT
IN HERE
FOREVER.

ARE YOU
SPEAKING
RUSSIAN AGAIN? I
CAN’T UNDERSTAND
YOU’RE SAYING!

HAVE JUST SENT

MAG! 0
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THE REPAIRS AFTER THE
ATTACK FROM THE
LIZARD LEAGUE. OUR
TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK, HUH?

THANKFULLY--
MOST OF THOSE
GUYS ARE DEAD NOW.
$0 THE CHANCES OF
SOMETHING LIKE
THAT HAPPENING
AGAIN ARE SLIM
AND

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FROM EARLIER TODAY.

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THIS IS THAT YOU
DON’T SEEM TO
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THEM.

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FOUGHT THOSE GUYS NOW?
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
THEY KILLED SINCE THE
FIRST TIME YOU
FOUGHT?
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DO IS ILLOGICAL.
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TO DO WOULD
BE TO STOP
THESE GUYS--
PERMANENTLY.

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IT A SECOND
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PEOPLE YESTERDAY...
HE’S STILL JUST A KID.
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OFF THE WHOLE ORDEAL.
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DO THAT. THIS IS SOME STUPID GIRL
SUPPOSED TO BE YOU HAVE TO BEND
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T’VE RUINED THE
MOMENT AS MUCH
AS I HAVE
ALREADY. YOU’RE GOING
THROUGH.

I GET IT. YOU’VE GOT

SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH.
I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE.
YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO
HAVE TO LIE TO ME TO
EXPLAIN WHY YOU MISSED
A DATE, OR WORRY ABOUT
ME BEING MAD BECAUSE
YOU HAVE TO GO SAVE
THE WORLD INSTEAD OF I KNOW
SHOP FOR SHOES YOUR LIFE--
WITH ME. I’M A PART OF
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YESTERDAY
YOU SAID--

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TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY 2

WITH HIM.
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TO THESE PEOPLE, T THAN THE INDIVIDUAL. MY
DON’T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE LIVED SUCH A
THESE PEOPLE AND SHORT TIME--LIFE WAS |
IN ALL BUT A FEW MEANT TO IMPROVE
CASES I DON’T LIFE FOR OTHERS.
LIKE THESE
PEOPLE. EVERYONE
HERE IS SO
SELFISH AND SELF-
CENTERED. IT’S
DISGUSTING.

YOU CAN’T BE YOU KNOW I

SERIOUS. YOU’VE HAVE COMPLETE
LIVED HERE MUCH RECOLLECTION OF
LONGER THAN YOU EVERYTHING I’ve
EVER LIVED WITH EXPERIENCED IN
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ANYTHING
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SORRY.

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A COUPLE GUYS, IT’S
SOMETHING I’ve
GOT TO DEAL
WITH, I--

I’M BEING SILLY.

YOU’VE GOT REALLY
CRAZY IMPORTANT
STUFF GOING
DOWN IN YOUR
LIFE.

CONSIDER
COMMENT
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I’M REALLY--

REALLY,
eve--
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AND Me, A REAL DATE. THE
WORKS, DINNER, SKIING, HIKING,
FLYING, We CAN GO TO THE
MOON IF YOU WANT--WHATEVER.
JUST YOU AND ME, NO
INTERRUPTIONS.
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GOING TO BE
CALLING ME AWAY--
I CAN ACTUALLY
PROMISE THIS. A DATE,
A REAL DATE, FROM
START TO FINISH--
WITHOUT A GIANT
MONSTER
INTERRUPTING.

I’LL MAKE
IT SPECIAL. JUST
GIVE ME TONIGHT
TO CLEAR THIS
MESS UP.

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YOU GET OVER
ME BEING
EFFICIENT.
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STILL NOT
COMFORTABLE
GOING OUT IN
SPACE,
THOUGH.

I’M SORRY, I DID THAT

BECAUSE I WAS ANGRY--
IT WAS IRRATIONAL AND
UNPRODUCTIVE. THE TRUTH
IS, I HAVE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT THIS A LOT LATELY...
AND I’M INCLINED

VERY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES AND
MINE HAVE BEEN
GATHERED IN SUCH

IF YOU’RE
WILLING TO GIVE
THESE PEOPLE A
CHANCE--IF YOU
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THAT MUCH--
MAYBE I’M
WRONG.
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PLEASE, MARK--
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REACTIONS MIGHT NOT
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IT IS YOU NEED ME TO
DO. I REALLY NEED
it TO GET BACK TO MY
DATE--AND PLEASE
DON’T TELL MY
GIRLFRIEND IT WORE
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SOCIETY WAS ON THE BRINK SUCH A STATE OF CHAOS,
OF COLLAPSE--AND ONE MAN NO ONE EVEN REMEMBERS
CAME TO THE FOREFRONT, HOW HE CAME TO BE IN
LEADING THE WORLD... POWER--BUT HE WAS
RESTORING ORDER. SOMEHOW MADE SUPREME
RULER OF THE
PLANET.

RIGHT--AND WE WERE ASSEMBLING

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OF YEARS? . \ 4 SUPPOSEDLY DEFEAT HIM. THE INK
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DESTROYING THE
PLANET, PEOPLE ARE
DYING--AND THINGS
ARE ONLY GETTING
WORSE.

WE'RE
BEING BROUGHT
TO THE CITADEL, BUT WE’LL
BE HELD IN THE DETENTION
LEVEL-- YOU’LL NEED TO
WORK YOUR WAY UP TO THE
ROYAL CHAMBERS. WE’VE
GOT REBELS WORKING WITH
US EVERYWHERE. ONCE WE
FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
YOU TO THE KING
WE CAN

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AMUSEMENT. MY
WIFE WAS BROUGHT
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THE LAST TIME

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MUCH SMALLER THAN
WHEN I LAST SAW YOU.
YOU’RE NOT SICK ARE
YOU? I THOUGHT THEY’D
FOUND A CURE FOR--
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I’M JUST YOUNGER.

HUNPRED--THREE
HUNDRED YEARS
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I CARRY WITHIN ME 1S IT ABOUT

A GREAT SORROW KATE? DID
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I CAN'T OVERCOME...
NOT ANYMORE...

KATE?
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REMEMBER
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DON’T REMEMBER
ANYTHING!
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SOMETHING FOR
ME, MARK.

I NEED
YOU TO KILL
Me.

I CAN’T LEAD A WORLD I

DON’T CARE ABOUT... I’M BUT YOU... YOU’RE
FINISHED. I’VE WANTED TRONG ENOUGH... YOU
TO DIE FOR SOME TIME. we COULD KILL ME...
I CAN’T DO IT MYSELF... ' SEPARATE MY PARTS SO
ALL ATTEMPTS HAVE Bey Gwe | I DON’T COME BACK...
FAILED. |: )) ) “YOU COULD GIVE ME
se [\ THE ETERNAL PEACE
I’VE TRIED ben TI’vVE LONGED
j TO INSTIGATE MY mm as FOR.
MURDER... BUT IT : V4 IN
CAN’T BE DONE. THE
THINGS I’VE DONE... THE
HORRIBLE ACTS I’ve
COMMITTED, I’VE TAKEN
LIVES--ALL IN AN ATTEMPT
TO INSPIRE A REVOLT--
AN ATTACK AGAINST
Me, BUT THEY
ALWAYS FAIL. _A

IF YOU WANT TO
LEAVE HERE
ALIVE... YOU’RE
eae ie HAVE
é.
a) SORRY,
BUT... I CAN’T
DO THAT.

I CAN’T
JUST KILL
YOu.
T’VE KILLED WOMEN-- YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE
CHILDREN--I’VE LEFT Me IN Cc IF
EARTH! I’M

\) THIS IS YOUR FAULT!

I’VE DONE ALL THIS
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 O 7 OH YEAH?

HE WASN’T BAD, NOT

ALWAYS. HE WAS A
GOOD MAN, HE HAD
Go0oDINTENTIONS |HE--
ABOU HE LIVED
EOPLE. SO ALONE FOR
$0 LONG HE

TOO LONG. HE
GREW DETACHED.
HE LOST HIS
CONNECTION
TO THE HUMAN
RACE.

IT’S SAD,
IT’S-- I THINK
I’M READY
TO GO HOME
Now.

JUST SO YOU KNOW--

WE CAN ONLY TAKE YOU Baeicmm \\\\"
BACK TO WHERE WE YOU WITH.
BROUGHT YOU FROM.
TIME PARADOXES
ARE NOTHING TO
SCOFF AT.

l
Pe Ee
y TI UNDERSTAND.
UY) 1 JUST NEED TO GET
MY CLOTHES AND GET
BACK TO MY PATE
\ BEFORE MY GIRLFRIEND
FLIPS OUT TOO MUCH.
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COOL, HUH?

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NOT NOW, LET ME
ACTUALLY. WHAT ARE YOU JUST... T REALLY
aoe MUCH EALLY WANT Ti TALKING ABOUT? LIKE YOU AND I WANT I’M JUST
SO. DATE:
DATE: ABOUT IT NOW... BUT I’M HERE, AREN’T GOING TO BE
THERE WERE SOME I? OF COURSE I ITH YOU Bi 1
UNINTERRUPTED. THINGS THAT WERE ; MORE DEVOTED
GIRLFRIEND: SAID--ABOUT ME IN THE
FUTURE AND, WELL... be tis daar ia
b NEED To BE
DO YOU THINK TOGETHER, I
I’M A GOOD 4
CAN SEE THAT
PERSON?
Now...

WE SHOULD
GET OUT OF
HERE.

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THIS IS AS GOOD A
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JUST SIT AND TALK.
TI THINK MY MOM’S
OUT ON A DATE...
OLIVER’S TUTOR
TOOK HIM TO SEE
SOME PLAY
TONIGHT.

STILL YOUNG IF YOU

WANT TO GO OUT AND
DO SOMETHING.

MY PLACE,
NOBODY’S THERE.
RINGHT.

YOU’RE
 ROBERT KIRKMAN RYAN OTTLEY FCOPLASCENCIA RUSWOOTON CORY WALKER ERIC STEPHENSON
WRITER ARTIST COLORIST LETTERER INSPIRATION PUBLISHER

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 ay rt N IS NOLAN —
GRAYSON, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS OMNI-MAN, THE FATHER
OF INVINCIBLE.

HEN HE
NOLAN WAS BEING
LEARNED
HELD HERe.*

M
HAT HIS TELEPATHIC Al ES
LLOW HIM TO SPEAK WITH NOLAN
WHILE THEY ARE IN THEIR CELLS.
IMPORTANANGE OF INVIN ¢ N
THE COMING WAR BETWEEN
THE COALITION AND THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE.

HER NAME IS
TELIA AND SHE IS
VERY SPECIAL TO
Me. TLOVE HER. T
b, DO. BUT MY PEOPLE
WON’T ALLOW ME
HIS NEW YOUN TO BE WITH
BROTHER, AND HER.
@ EVENTUALLY, HE BEGINS
f TO TELL HIM OF
OTHER THINGS.
MY PEOPLE,
THE UNOPANS, Were
NEARLY EXTINCGT--We
HAVE STRICT MATING
RULES TO ENSURE OUR
SURVIVAL. WE HAVE TO
LIVE IN SECRET...
 NO} TALKIN
ABOUT OTHER
THINGS AS
WELL.
TL KNOW ; MY ENTIRE
HOW YOU FEEL-— EXISTENCE HAS
NOT EXACTLY, BUT BEEN PUT INTO
THAT GO AGAINST A LOVE lve Never

ever BELIevep B STRONGER BY

TO BE TRUE. ABSENCE, AND IT’S
SOMETHING, AS A
— VILTRUMITE, T
SHOULD NOT BE
FEELING.

E NOLAN AWAITED
EXECUTION FOR HIS
CRIMES AGAINST THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE.

ENCOUNTET
ORBIT, YEARS AG ATT
POINT, WHEN NEITHER ONE
KNEW’ ANYTHING ABOUT
ae Mice

“*SEEN BRIEFLY IN
ISSUE Z AND AGAIN
IN ISSUE II.

WERE
FRIENDS.

UNTILTHE MISSION |
| BECAME THAT MUCH
] MORE IMPORTANT.
Le! 0
LONGER THERE
TO RESCUE A
POSSIBLE ALLY.

SURE HE WOULD
SUCCEED--AND
THIS WORRIED
HIM.
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ONLY TO ¢
FIND WORTHY
Ee weini ae +
U Y
AID ONLY UNTIL

U
TAND! THIS IS
YOUR ONLY
WARNING.

CONSIDER IT
IGNORED!

ROOM e
MY FRIEND IS
KILLED!
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NOW WE LOOK ELSEWHERE
IN THE PRISON, WHERE WE
JOIN NOLAN’S EXECUTION,
ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
———
 WHO PARES
INTERRUPTA |
VILTRUMITE
EXECUTION?!

VILTRUMITE?!
= DID YOU SAY.
\ VILTRUMITE?!
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WSs IS = 6 CTE ii
SHEER PANDEMONIUM. ALLEN’S NEW FRIEND, BATTLE
THE FREED PRISONERS BEAST, FOCUSES ONLY ON ONE
HIJACK EVERY MEANS VILTRUMITE, HELPING ONLY LE
OF ESCAPE LOCATED BY KEEPING HIM OCCUPIED. : 4 THIS LEAVES NOLAN AND ALLEN
WITHIN THE PRISON a ; fs ALONE TO FACE
AND BO JUST THAT. aT. | as |
HE HAS FOUND HIS WORTHY y ae PP DP HIS ARMY OF SUPER- = l
ADVERSARY AND IS CONTENT 25a : y POWERED PRISON GUARDS. —
TO SIMPLY ENJOY THE BATTLE. fos f ke \ = cS
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(IT ISN’T A FIGHT

EASILY WON. aay

I’ve GOT
AN IDEA! WE
CAN SURVIVE
OUT IN
SPACE--
--BUT CAN
THEY!

ONCE SHIELDED FROM ITS

<| HARSH EMBRACE--THE

AND RUN THEIR PRISON NOW )

FIND THEMSELVES HURTLING
INTO THE BLACKNESS
OF SPACE!
 YOU’LL
DIE FOR .
» WHAT YOU’VE
. DOoNe!

| SHOULDN'T GO NAMELESS, HE
B DESERVED A MUCH BETTER
M FATE THAN THIS.

HIM FOR WHAT

COMES NEXT.
 e
I HAVEN’T
SEEN THEM SINCE
ey DEMOLISHED
NO DOUBT.
MAYBE HE JUST
RAN--BUT THEN
WHERE’S THE
VILTRUMITE?

cal)

MY GEAR, I
SCANNED YOUR

MY SCANNER--BUT
We’VE GOT TO GET ¥
OUT OF HERE
BEFORE MORE
VILTRUMITES
SHOW UP.

YOU HAVE
TIME TO GET
THEY’RE NOT COMIN
G
BECAUSE THERE IS NO
ONE TO SENP. I AM
CONFIDENT IN THIS
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
FAR AWAY THE
VILTRUMITES THAT'S THE
ARE. THING THEY
DON’T WANT
MY EXECUTION ANYONE TO
WAS POSTPONED KNOW...
BECAUSE THEY WERE
CALLED AWAY--IT W
AS
ONLY RECENTLY THEY
WERE ABLE TO SEND
BACK THE TWO AGENTS
REQUIRED BY LAW FOR
AN EXECUTION. THEY
HAD NO ONE To
SPARE.

THE
REASON
FOR THIS IS {
SIMPLE...

THERE ARE
LESS THAN FIFTY
PURE-BLOOPED
VILTRUMITES LEFT
ALIVE IN THE WHOLE
a UNIVERSE.
 MARK?!
WHY’S
THIS DOOR

1) ea (|

OH, SORRY...
I THOUGHT I
HEARD
SOMETHING.
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AN
 YOU WERE
STARING AT
Me LIKE A

WOKE UP A
FEW MINUTES
AGO, I WAS JUST...
I DON’T KNOW...
WATCHING YOU
SLEEP...

WEIRDO? YOU
RETHINKING THIS NO. NOT EVEN A
WHOLE THING LITTLE BIT, MARK
ALREADY? GRAYSON. I
Love YOU. <a
I Love You
ALMOST AS
MUCH AS T WISH
WE HAD A PLACE
OF OUR OWN.

THIS ISN’T COOL. YOUR

MON’S WHAT--TEN MAYBE, BUT
FEET AWAY WHILE SHE WAS HALF
WE’RE DOING THIS? ASLEEP.
SHE HEARD US LAST I’M WITH
NIGHT. YOU. THIS SUCKS,
BUT I DON’T WANT
TO FLY TO AFRICA
EVERY TIME WE
WANT TO HAVE
SEX, YOU
KNOow.

$0... ONE %
OF US NEEDS
TO GET OUR

of \VSNOT
LIKE YOU CAN
JUST BUILD A
HOUSE WITH I’D Love
YOUR POWERS-- TO. IF ONLY
LAND HERE
ISN’T CHEAP.
 LAST NIGHT--
WHEN YOU--UH,
WITH YOUR POWERS.
WHERE’D YOU PUT
MY COSTUME?

I THOUGHT
WE WERE GOING
TO DO MORE
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THE PAST FEW

WEEKS HAVE BEEN
HARD. REALLY
HARD... JUST... YOU I WOULD
CAN’T EVEN HAVE CALLED I DON’T
IMAGINE. YOU BUT IT WAS KNOW WHAT
AWKWARD--I WAS TO SAY...

WE WERE CLOSE
ENOUGH--HE WAS
$0 NICE... BUT HE’S
GOT PROBLEMS
OF HIS OWN.

... HE’S SO
UNDERSTANDING.
IT’S JUST

SOMETIMES...
PATROLLING...

I DON’T
KNOW HOW
MARK DOES
THIS.

Now
YOURE
TALKING!
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THEN MAYBE
YOU ARE STRONG
ENOUGH. PLEASE--
LISTEN TO ME. T
NEED YOUR HELP,
I NEED SOMEONE
STRONGER THAN
TAM.
 PLEASE?!
PLEASE

OH, GOD-- YOU DON’T

PLEASE! GET TO DO WHAT
YOU DID! YoU
DON’T EVER HURT
HER AGAIN!

I MAY BE
OUT OF HER LIFE
Now, BUT I STILL
CARE ABOUT HER
A GREAT DEAL. T
WON’T LET YOU
DO THIS
AGAIN!

I’M sorry!
I TOLD HER L
WAS SORRY! I
Love HER!

I DIDN’T
MEAN TO--T
JUST--I DON’T
KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED!

a)
SORRY!
PLEASE LET
Me Go!

YOU HURT
HER AGAIN--
T’LL KNOW
ABOUT IT...
—-
ralvl@l mien
THANK YOU!
I PROMISE

COME PICK
ME UP.
 No! YOU’RE

WHAT’S THE B
DEAL?! ARE YOU
BIPOLAR OR
WHAT#!

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sses)

aS
Ys
VA
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—_—
 LOOK AROUN Dp
You! LOOK WHAT
 HeY. OH, MARK.
I’M $0 GLAD
You'Re
HERE.

———— 4
D

DON’T NEED TO SAY I THINcone

TAM V_THANKS, .
TOGive Him he oene
I KNOW ANOTHER
CHANCE. COOLee OFWiece
SS YOU
FOR Me.
THINK IT WAS JUST
A ONE-TIME THING.
HE CALLED ME--OUT
OF BREATH, SO UPSET
OVER THE WHOLE
THING. HE’S A GOOD
GUY, I KNOW
HE IS.
 iseve ES ueeeest ‘S eng FT IS SAMANTHA
Home? JST NAME IS. — BT HERE?
SAMANTHA. Eve |--———Sa <<]
S HER MIDDLE
NAME. 4

E ua
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DON’T
CHANGE THE
THERE SUBJECT.
ARE LIMITS
TO HOW COOL
I CAN BE

poes Se
xcue Non,
PEOPLE CALL \
YOU EVE?

MPER, IT
NN, oc worries ME AD)
aus ‘

WEE
4
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Sa —— if 3

SWOLLEN, SHE’S
SCRAPED UP.
 SS! OLIVER,
You
AWAKE?

TEST
.
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Ci
NY SORRY. I DO ALOT
OF READING AT NIGHT. YES DON’T SWEAT IT,
I DON’T NEED ALOT I’M JUST GLAD
OF SLEEP--GOT THAT y YOU’RE HERE AND
FROM MY MOTHER’S a NOT OUT FIGHTING
PEOPLE. a ge ae YOUR

«I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE. WHAT IS THAT?

I’M SORRY FOR BEING SO LOOK, CAN YOU
HARD ON YOU. IN MANY SEE THAT?
WAYS YOU’RE JUST A KID--
AND I’M TRAINING
YOU TO BEA THERE'S
SUPER-HERO. SOME KIND OF
p I SHOULD TAKE REFLECTION--
RESPONSIBILITY COMING FROM
a F
a=Ns BIT MORE
— ani MEONE WEY
WAS
WATCHING
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BASE OF THE
TEAM FORMERLY
KNOWN AS THE
TEEN TEAM.

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Ly) we've Been YEAH, ROBOT,

Ans ALMOST REALLY... WOULD
IT SPEED THINGS
M
Pa |S THIS GOING
TO TAKE? ty
| _
DONT KNOW.
HELPED...
P YOURSELF?

: I ASSURE YOU, SPLITTING

MY FOCUS LIKE THIS DOESN’T
SLOW ME DOWN. IN FACT, I’M
ANALYZING THAT PROBE YOU

ALLOWS ME TO BE MUCH
: MORE PRECISE.

OKAY, OKAY...
JUST DO WHAT
I SHOULD Be MAN,
THAT'S JUST
UNSETTLING.

a
ve aoe

fe
we tee Ze
—s V

OH, YEAH--THINGS WELL, HE REMEMBERS

ARE GOING WeLL. \ YOU. APPARENTLY HE |
WE'RE FIGHTING THE | WAS HUNTING YOU DOWN
GOOD FIGHT. We've Po OR SOMETHING--GUY
PUT A FEW TOTALLY HATES YOUR
SUPER-BADS
AWAY.

y _SHOULD
PROBABLY

BARELY--IT GETS
HARD TO KEEP
TRACK AFTER
A WHILE.
 YOU GUYS
EVER DECIDE I’D LIKE TO GO WITH

Hen wee
ON A NEW “GLOBAL GUARDIANS.”
NAME?
ICK IT TO { ay
AND THE REST. “A—>7—1—T rs
Pe se —

i}
P=—_.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A
SURVEILLANCE DEVICE,
ALTHOUGH THERE ISN’T
ENOUGH LEFT FoR ME
TO DETERMINE WHERE
ITwas TRANSMITTING
0--OR HOW LONG |
WAS WATCHING A you ACEP oe:
You. ABLE TO Give Me
MORE EVIDENCE--
BUT I’M ALREADY
ALMOST CERTAIN

OLIVER--
STAY HERE.
T’/LL BE BACK
SHORTLY.

YOU GUYS
NEED ANOTHER
TEAM
MEMBER?

I’M
TOTALLY
AWESOME.
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THE HEAPQUARTERS OF THE

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YOUR ORB. IT VW
WAS RECORDING-- }
TRANSMITTING
SOMEWHERE.
KNOW
f You were
WATCHING
Me!

YOU KNOW SOMEONE WAS ss

WATCHING YOU. YOU DON’T fF

WHAT ABOUT MY. _—

PROBLEM, CECIL? =
4 THE SUBJECT COULD
Be he ele
ANYWHERE.

TO ASK YOU
FORA
FAVOR.
 i OES
SOMEWHERE ELSE. = s
YOu
: OR. suRvIVIVED-—
— Le GOOD. THAT'S
} BY ANOTHER OF MY
) TESTS YOU'VE
SURVIVED.
impeessive. &

TONIGHT YOUR TEST I CAN SENSE IT.

WILL NOT COME FROM THERE ARE MANY
ME... THERE ARE DANGERS IN
OTHER HO CONTROL THE FOREST
YOUR FATE THIS TONIGHT.
EVENING.

aN \A4
all
 THAT IS BUT THE
FIRST TRIAL YOU
WILL FACE. MANY HINT AS TO WHAT
A. INNOCENTS ARE I’M UP AGAINST--
IN DANGER. 4 AND HOW
~— YOU KNOW
ALL THIS?
YOU WILL
BE THEIR
DEFENDER. J

NO HINTS.
MY SENSES
ARE HONED TO

q
WHY DO (
YOU CHOOSE
TO WEAR THAT
2 DO

THOSE HUNTING ME KNOW

I’M HERE. NOT WEARING
Me BUTIEDMGOING 10
\ ieTHEsyakoen
D aces
EDGE OFF. y
Tue wale
“MONSTER”
 GET REAL HERE, KID.
YOU THINK FOR A MINUTE
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SLEEP
TONIGHT KNOWING THIS
GUY IS OUT THERE--
KNOWING WHAT
HE DID?

NO WAY!
ARE YOU LOOK, KID--
KIDDING YOU THINK We
Me?! WANT TO ASK
FOR THIS? T
OF COURSE HE’S TOUGH--
NOT--WHY IN THE BUT YOU COULD
WORLD WOULD I PROBABLY GET
HELP YOU? I DON’T THIS GUY FOR US
WORK FOR YOU, CECIL-- IN AN AFTERNOON.
I DON’T LIKE YOU.

HAVEN’T YOU WATCHED

THE NEWS?! THIS MAN
MURDERED HIS WIFE IN
COLD BLOOD! HIS
DAUGHTER SAW THE
WHOLE THING. HE
ABANDONED HER--
RUINED HER
LiFe!

THIS MAN WAS

A BILLIONAIRE! HE
THOUGHT HE WAS
ABOVE THE LAW.
NOW HE’S OUT THERE--
ROAMING FREE, |
. TO KILL

I COULD
SEND THE
GUARDIANS OF
THE GLOBE--
BUT YOU COULD
FIND HIM FASTER--
YOU COULD STOP
HIM EASIER. d

I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE CRAP--WE'’VE GOT

ANYONE SMARTER THAN
ROBOT ON STAFF--SO HAS ESCAPED AND
THAT OFFER DOESN’T IS ON A RAMPAGE--HE’S
MEAN MUCH. TEARING en

JUST HEL?
ME THIS
ONCE--IF YOU

ORB YOU THINK

FIND OUT WHO'S Two Birps \

WATCHING WITH ONE
YOU, AND WHY. STONE?
 MAYBE THIS ¥
Sf, WASN’T THE
\ BEST IDEA--
WHAT
was I )
THINKING?

JUST LEAVE
Me ALONE--I

I Eescarep!
pa ey al
Home! I’M NEVER
GOING TO BE
PRESIDENT. I’M
TOO STRONG TO

YOU’RE
HURTING
PEOPLE--
YOU NEED
TO STOP!
 COULD
/ Have GONE
THE REST OF MY
LIFE WITHOUT
FIGHTING
THIS GUY
AGAIN.

I’vE GOT YOU--

WHAT’S THE
SITUATION
HERE?

SEEMS
THIS GUY'S
ON HIS WAY Pee gs R Be t oe :
SOMEWHERE-- | ~ RS a i I KNOW
HE DOESN’T “eee ALITTLE
MAKE A ABOUT HIM...
WHOLE LOT '
OF SENSE. jon. I DON’T
KNOW IF HE’S
KILLED ANYONE--
Ww
HE’S BAD NEWS,
I WAS TRYING
TO STOP HIM.
 rwas_\
A KING! I
KINGDOM!

re = te rae : ce Cn

Cr heedy
 y i/, Capen me Ay,

TRUST ME--
JUST STAY
DOWN, Kip!
SYMPATHY FOR
YOU--I DO, BUT
REALLY, I CAN’T LET
YOU JUST RUN AROUND
ON A RAMPAGE--YOU
HAVE TO BE STOPPED--
I DON’T WANT TO
HURT YOU.

SERIOUSLY--
JUST Give
uP!
 JUST--I DON’T
KNOW--SIT HERE
QUIETLY UNTIL
SOMEONE COMES
ALONG TO TAKE
YOU INTO
CUSTODY.

THEY’RE
JUST GOING
TO TRY AND
HELP YOU.

. HE’S JUST A KID--

WHAT WAS GOT PULLED INTO SOME
THAT ALL OTHER DIMENSION--
ABOUT? TURNED INTO THAT THING.
THEY GOT HIM IN SOME
KIND OF FACILITY OUT
HERE--MUST HAVE
ESCAPED.

GOVERNMENT'S
TRYING TO TURN
HIM BACK INTO A
NORMAL KID--IT
ISN’T GOING
WELL.

WELL, THANKS. Ag LOWE YOU FOR

I DON’T THINK T My. HELPING ME OUT
COULD HAVE , WITH DOC SEISMIC
HANDLED HIM , A FEW WEEKS
ON MY OWN. ie ; BACK.

STILL
THOUGH--
I’M GOING
TO HAVE TO
TURN YOU IN.
 YOU REALLY F
SHOULDN’T
HAVE--

YOu
KILLED YOUR
lFe. YOU
COMING WITH
Me.
 SORRY, I
REALLY DON’T
WANT TO
HEAR IT. PLEASE-- MY PAUGHTER--
JUST STOP. I SHE SAW ME WITH
CAN EXPLAIN=- S MY WIFE’S BODY--
I DIDN'T KILL - THAT'S WHY THEY
MY WIFE. I x THINK T Dip IT. BUT
4 THAT'S NOT WHAT
HAPPENED, I
SWEAR.

I FOUND MY WIFE LIKE

THAT--DEAD ON THE FLOOR.
I HELD HER, I DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO DO.

CHLOE--
MY DAUGHTER--
SHE FOUND US
LIKE THAT.

Your
DAUGHTER?
‘ You LYING
SHE SAW ' To Me?
YOu?

NO, I’M NOT--LOOK, I’M

REVERTING BACK TO MY
HUMAN FORM--I’M
HELPLESS--I’M NOT
GOING TO FIGHT BACK,
I’M NOT TRYING TO elie?
TRICK YOU.
I DIDN’T NEED
SOMEBODY
el TO yee
PLEASE
Believe
Me.

lF YOU
DIDN’T KILL
HER--THEN
WHO DID?
I HAD A--I DON’T KNOW
WHAT YOU’P CALL HIM--
A MENTOR, HELPING Me
LEARN TO USE MY
POWERS, HE WAS ON ACCIDENT--
TRAINING Me,
GUIDING ME. I THOUGHT I’D
KILLED HIM ON
I THOUGHT HE
WAS MY FRIEND-- ACCIDENT. I HAVE
I DIDN’T KNOW HOW THESE--EPISODES,
WRONG I WAS. HE ONCE A MONTH, ON
WAS KEEPING THINGS THE FIRST NIGHT OF
FROM ME, HIDING THE FULL MOON,
THINGS. I THOUGHT WHERE I LOSE
I’D KILLED A CONTROL...
SUPERHERO--HE
LET ME BELIEVE
THA

I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY--

AND NO, I WASN’T HAVING AN
EPISODE WHEN MY WIFE WAS
KILLED--1’D JUST HAD ONE,
I’M NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER
FOR... AFEW DAYS.
HE KILLED
HER--ZECHARIAH,
MY MENTOR. I SAW
HIM--TRYING TO
DRINK HER BLOOD--
HE MURDERED HER--
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CARE WHAT IT TAKES--I
WANT TO DO IT. IF YOU
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PLEASE LET
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MONSTER KILLED
YOUR SISTER!
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STOP NOW--LET’S
DO THIS TOGETHER,
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MINUTES NOW. HE
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THERE TO PAY HER
WAY THROUGH
COLLEGE.

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FATHER TORE THROUGH
HER BUILDING--I’LL
NEVER KNOW HOW
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THOSE FINAL MOMENTS
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AROUND HER!

ALOT...
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PEOPLE DIED IN
THAT FIGHT. T
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THE NAME OF
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EVERYONE! TO KILL US ALL!

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EVERYTHING
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HAVE TO EARN THAT
SYMBOL ON YOUR
CHEST!

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BE LONG RESPONSIBLE FOR
OF THIS.
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AGAINST ME? YOU’RE
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BACK TO THIS BEFORE I COULD KILL TAKING HIM
PLACE. HIM. I’M HAPPY $0 LONG?
TO SEE IT.

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STUPID PLAN WEEDED US DOWN
DESTROYED. THE PEOPLE TO EIGHT. YOU SAID IF WE DID
ENTRANCE. HERE WILL ALWAYS HATE AND THIS FOR YOU, IN RETURN YOU’D
FEAR HIM BECAUSE OF WHAT HELP US EXPAND OUR
YOU’VE DONE. NOW ALL THAT EMPIRES INTO COUNTLESS
IS LEFT IS TO DISFIGURE DIMENSIONS.
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KNOW WHAT PAIN HE’S THIS PLACE
CAUSED ME. IS IN SHAMBLES.
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ON--NOW, OR
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FOR WEEKS!

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PAY FOR WHAT
TO ATOM Eve!
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BRILLIANT.

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DURABILITY HAD BEEN I HAD
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COULD DEFEAT ME
WITH THAT? 4
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EVIL VERSIONS OF
ME TO THIS DIMENSION
TO WHAT--DISCREDIT
ME? DID YOU SEE WHAT
THEY’VE DONE?! GOOD
GOD, MAN--IS
THIS WHAT YOU
WANTED?!

YOU’VE
CAUSED THE
DEATHS OF
THOUSANDS!
I COULD--

JUST DO IT--
BEFORE HE HAS LOOK AT WHAT HE’S DONE-- *
A CHANCE TO JUST LOOK AROUND! YOU
4 ESCAPE! WHY THOUGHT YOU’D ALREADY
\ ARE YOU EVEN KILLED HIM--IF YOU HAD,
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 LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO ANP NEW YORK...
ALL NEARLY LEVELEP. THE WORLD IS IN
RUINS. PARIS, MOSCOW, LONDON, TOKYO
ANP SYPNEY HAVE SUFFERED EQUAL
DAMAGE. WE DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH
LONGER WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
WITH THIS BROADCAST. WE APPRECIATE
YOUR PATIENCE ANP UNDERSTANDING
AS WE TRY TO REPORT ON THESE
EVENTS WITH OUR LIMITED
RESOURCES.
THE DEATH TOLL
WORLPWIDE IS ALREADY N
WELL INTO THE MILLIONS. AS IT
CONTINUES TO RISE, ANALYSTS
ARE EXPECTING IT TO MORE THAN
TRIPLE. RESCUE CREWS ARE
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
ANP THE GOOP NEWS IS, MANY
SURVIVORS ARE BEING
FOUND AMIDST THE
WRECKAGE.
HUNPREPS OF
THOUSANDS OF
INPIVIPUALS ANP FAMILIES
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY
THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW
PAYS. MAKESHIFT REFUGEE
CAMPS LIKE THIS ONE JUST
OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY
ARE SPRINGING UP ALL
OVER THE WORLD.

THEIR CAPABILITIES, AND

THEY’RE ASKING FOR
EVERY CITIZEN INA
POSITION TO HELP
TO DO Sd. <\
ALL OF THIS :
STILL LEAVES US %&
WITH THE QUESTION-—

MAY NEVER COME, THE

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IPENTIFIEP AS MULTIPLE
= VERSIONS OF THE
_ SUPERHERO KNOWN INVINCIBLE,
- _ AS INVINCIBLE. ~s EVERYONE WILL
>. REMEMBER, WAS THE
SON OF OMNI-MAN--THE
SUPERHERO TURNED
SUPER-VILLAIN WHO TRIED
TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD
UNTIL HE WAS THWARTED
BY HIS SON ANP THEN
DISAPPEARED, NEVER
7 SUSPICIONS HAVE TO BE SEEN
ALWAYS RUN WILP WITH AGAIN.
SOME BELIEVING INVINCIBLE
WAS ACTUALLY WORKING
WITH OMNI-MAN--WITH PLANS
TO CONQUER THE WORLD
WE HAVE REPORTS AT A LATTER TIME.
OF INVINCIBLE WORKING
ALONGSIDE THESE ATTACKERS,
BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED ANP HE COULDPN’T
BE REACHEP FOR COMMENT.

THIS IS ABSURD. THESE THINGS

TWINS. I KNOW INVINCIBLE AND
x I SAW HIM HE WASN’T WORKING
WITH MY OWN EYES. WITH THEM.
HE WAS WORKING
WITH THEM. INVINCIBLE
HAS FINALLY SHOWN \
7 (THis is sLorry
HIS TRUE COLORS. IT’S LIEN REPORTING. IF YOU
a) REVIEWED FOOTAGE FoR
OBVIOUS NOW THAT
<q TEN MINUTES I’M SURE
HIM DEFENDING THE
YOU'D FINP INVINCIBLE,
WORLD AGAINST HIS
FATHER WAS ALL ON CAMERA, FIGHTING
JUST AN ACT. AGAINST THESE
tnt
MONSTERS.
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FOR YOU.
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 IS SHE GOING
TO BE SAFE
HERE?

HAVE YOU
FOUND MY
MOTHER?

OLIVER DID.
SHE WAS AT HER
BOYFRIEND’S
HOUSE THE WHOLE
TIME--MOST
SUBURBAN AREAS
WEREN’T HIT,
THANKFULLY.

HE’S MEETING
UP WITH US ON
LOCATION. OLIVER,
NOT YOUR MOM’S
BOYFRIEND.

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IT’S NOT SAFE
TO MOVE HER TO le Ls
ONE OF MY SECURE THIS IS ONLY |
FACILITIES YET, SO TEMPORARY.
I'VE MOVED A
MEDICAL TEAM HERE.
THE STAFF OF THIS
HOSPITAL WON'T EVEN
COME INTO THIS
AREA--AND HER
IDENTITY HAS BEEN
PROTECTED.
HER
\/ PARENTS
ARE BEING
BROUGHT IN.
SHE WON’T

I’M GLAD We
COULD PUT OUR
DIFFERENCES
BEHIND US
FOR NOW,
THOUGH.
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SITUATION
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SHOW YOUR FACE FOR WHAT YOU’VE
HERE AFTER ALL Done!
THE PAIN AND
SUFFERING

HE WAS
HELPING US.
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SUPERHERO?
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RECOGNIZE
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PEOPLE

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THINK THEY’VeE
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WRONG WITH
ALL OF
You?!

WHY WOULD YOU

HELP HIM?! WHY
NOW--AFTER
EVERYTHING He’s
DONE--WOULD You
STOP ME FROM
TAKING HIM —_L9Q EVERY DEAD
DOWN?! LOOK
AROUND You!
AT THIS!
BODY YOU FIND
IS A PERSON HE’S

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THIS IS
ALL HIS
FAULT!
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WELL. WE’VE ALMOST I DON’T HAVE ANYONE
GOT ALL OF MANHATTAN ELSE IT CAN TALK TO
CLEARED AWAY AND READY ABOUT THIS... I HOVE
FOR RECONSTRUCTION. I YOU WAKE UP SOON. I
SEE WHAT THE SUPERHERO : REALLY--OH, GOD,
COMMUNITY IS CAPABLE Eve... I MISS YOU
OF WHEN WE ALL WORK see $0 MUCH.
TOGETHER AND... IT’S
INSPIRING.

Y/Y LSeeTHe
/ DESTRUCTION, THE
LIVES LOST... I'CAN’T

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT

THIS IS ALL MY TO DO... ANGSTROM LEVY,
FAULT. POWERPLEX... THESE GUYS I CAN'T
ARE OUT THERE BECAUSE oF Y IGNORE THIS
ME. THERE'S NO DISPUTING GUILT ANYMoRe.
THAT. THEIR ACTIONS ARE I CAN’T
A DIRECT RESULT OF ESCAPE IT.
THINGS I’VE DONE,
WHETHER I WAS TRYING
TO DO GOOD OR NOT
1S IRRELEVANT.

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EXCUSE US-- {

NONSENSE, ¥
SHE’S OUR
COMING TO SEE
SAMANTHA AT /
THE HOUSE.
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ADAM, SAMANTHA'S WE WERE ALWAYS WORRIED
FATHER--HE’S NOT SOMETHING LIKE... THIS
HANDLING THIS WOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS

= »r
WELL. “ean OUR WORST FEARS
REALIZED.

YOU SEEM
LIKE A NICE

NO--IT’S OKAY. I’M —

REALLY SoRRY ABouT \\ Ss THAT'S VERY KIND OF
WHAT HAPPENED. IF — YOU. NO, WE'RE FINE.
THERE'S ANYTHING I . . THE DOCTOR HAS SAID
CAN DO FOR YOU OR = HE'S VERY OPTIMISTIC--
YOUR HUSBAND, HER INJURIES AREN'T
LET ME KNOW. ~~ AS SEVERE AS THEY
. COULD HAVE
BEEN.
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LIKE I HAVE HERE.
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NOT WITH THIS PLANET.
FOR WHATEVER REASON,
I DON’T REALLY CARE
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WAS TOLD--TAKE CONTROL,
NO MATTER WHAT IT
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ALWAYS "7 OBOT.” TI HAVE NEVER BEEN
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JUST... GONE. I NEVER
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THE LAST
CONVERSATION
WE HAD.
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HIM. I TREATED
HIM LIKE HE WAS
THAT BRASH
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AND THAT NEVER
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I NEVER GAvE

I NEVER
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HE’D CHANGED.
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INVINCIBLE THAT
HE’S DEAD...

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ABOUT? HIS BODY IS CAST
IN A FOUR-HUNPRED TON
BLOCK OF SOLID TEMPERED
STEEL. HE’S IN AN UN-MANNED
STATION SIX MILES BELOW THE
EARTH’S SURFACE. HE SO
MUCH AS TWITCHES
AND THIS PLACE
IMPLODES.
HE’S NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
AND AS
SOON AS HIS
HEAD HEALS ENOUGH
FOR HIM TO REGAIN
CONSCIOUSNESS...

HE'S GOING
TO TELL Me
EVERYTHING THERE
|S TO KNOW ABOUT
THE VILTRUM EMPIRE
AND THE THREAT IT
POSES TOWARD
THIS PLANET.
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GOING ON. EVE’S
POWERS... THEY
MIGHT NOT BE
WORKING

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JUST HER POWERS--AT
LEAST, THAT’S HOW
IT SEEMS NOW.
KNOW HOW TO
EXPLAIN IT.

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WHAT T HEAR,
SHE HAD TO
REBUILD HERSELF.
MYSELF TO DO
THAT WITHOUT
MESSING J
SOMETHING UP. Ales

I’M SORRY
7 ABOU IT
EVERYTHING
THAT
HAPPENED.

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HAVE TAKEN HER
LIFE--BUT THAT
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LESS THAN FIFTY
FULL-BLOODED
VILTRUMITES LEFT
IN THE UNIVERSE...
BUT IT WAS NOT
ALWAYS THIS

ALLEN, MY
FRIEND... IT IS
TIME SOMEONE
KNEW THE
TRUTH ABOUT
THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE.
 YOU KNOW A GREAT DEA
ABOUT THE PLANET VILTRUM,
OUR HISTORY AND :
OUR EMPIRE.

WE WERE A VIOLENT RACE

WHO VALUED STRENGTH
ABOVE ALL ELSE.

TO RID OURSELVES OF
ANY WEAKNESS WE
SLAUGHTERED EACH
OTHER UNTIL WE WERE
BRED INTO THE
VILTRUMITES YOU
KNOW TODAY.

f EVENTUALLY, OU
UNITED, AND WE TURNED |
OUR ATTENTION OUTWARD, §
ESTABLISHING THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE.

VY) AN EMPIRE THAT CONTINUED

TO EXPAND AT AN ASTOUNDING
RATE FOR NEARLY
ONE-THOUSANDP YEARS.

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UNTIL OUR
N CNEMIES MADE
NA WEAPON
CAPABLE OF
HURTING Us. |]

THEY MADE
AVIRUS.
 AT AN ALARMING RATE.
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IT APPEARED THERE |
WAS NO WAY OF l
STOPPING IT. OUR
ENTIRE EMPIRE WAS
a IN JEOPARDY.

ATTEMPTS WERE MADE

TO QUARANTINE THOSE
WHO BECAME INFECTED...
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
1 U it L
ALMOST THE ENTIRE

KNOWN AS THE
SCOURGE VIRUS.

THOSE WHO SURVIVED

THE VIRUS DISCOVERED ITS
DEADLY AFTER EFFECTS. f

THERE WAS A SHORT

PERIOD OF TIME AFTER | |
THE VIRUS HAD LEFT | |
RS N’
INVULNERABILITY f
HAD BEEN GREATLY ||
DIMINISHED.

THEY WERE THE

LUCKY ONES.
 OR BEING MURDERED DURING THE
WEAKENING AFTER EFFECT.
I
IN THE END, WE LOST
NINETY-NINE POINT
NINE PERCENT OF OUR

OF EXTINCTION.

MIRACULOUSLY,
44 _ THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE ENDURED.

UU)
 OUR LEADERS SPREAD REPORTS
OF OUR EXPANDING EMPIRE
THINNING OUR RANKS. NEW PLANS
WERE DEVISED ALLOWING AS FEW
AS ONE VILTRUMITE TO CONQUER
ALIEN PLANETS ON THEIR OWN.
ae

MY MISSION ON
EARTH WAS ONE
SUCH PLAN.

TSA;
OUR STRANGLEHOLD ON
THE GALAXY CONTINUED
m| BASED ON THE NOW EMPTY
HN) THREAT OF OUR EMPIRE’S
| STRENGTH.

Ss!
ROSS-BREEDING WI

UNTIL EARTH, UNTIL MY

SON. I NEVER TOLD HIM
OUR MAIN REASON FOR
CONQUERING EARTH...
WHAT MADE IT SO
IMPORTANT.

HUMAN DNA IS ALMOST

ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT |-
COMPATIBLE WITH
VILTRUMITES. EARTH
|S TO BECOME A
BREEDIN iV.

Ma THE RESULTS OF THE

BM SCOURGE VIRUS WERE
HIDDEN, BUT NEVER
FORGOTTEN.

ee
4,

OUR PLANET, CUT OFF FROM ANY OUTSIDE

RACES, NOW STANDS AS A TRIBUTE TO OUR
FALLEN BRETHREN. A REMINDER OF WHAT
WE’VE SACRIFICED TO CONTINUE OUR GUEST
FOR INTER-PLANETARY DOMINATION.
 WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO
WITH EARTH... I WAS
A QUEST BORN IN A BREEDING
CAMP. I WOULDN’T WISH
I Now see THAT ON ANYONE. WE
AS THE HAVE TO WARN
POINTLESS ; MARK.
ENDEAVOR
Lal (IT

I TRUST YOU, BUTI JM IT DOESN’T MATTER. IF

DON’T KNOW IF MY @m WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE
BOSS WILL. THIS TO SAVE EARTH AND STOP
WON’T BE THE VILTRUM EMPIRE
EASY. ONCE AND FOR ALL, THE
COALITION NEEDS TO
YOU HAVE KNOW EVERYTHING
TO TAKE ME I KNOW.
TO YOUR PEOPLE.
I NEED TO MEET
WITH THE COALITION oo
OF PLANETS.
R IMMEDIATELY.

WE'LL ALSO NEED THE INFORMATION

CONTAINED IN MY BOOKS THAT YOU
SCANNED. I WROTE EVERYTHING
DOWN SO I WOULDN’T NEED TO
REMEMBER IT ALL--AND THERE
IS VALUABLE INFORMATION ©
3 ENCODED IN THE J, _|NFORMATION
WORDS. THAT WILL GAIN
YOUR BOSS'S

OKAY, LET
Me GET MY
GEAR AND
THEN We’LL
60.
 SOME TIME LATER,
THE PLANET TELESCRIA, @
THE SECRET HOME BASE &
OF THE COALITION
o OF PLANETS.

I WAS ON
THAT MISSION 7 ‘I WOUL'
AND I WAS TAKEN HAVE CONTACTED
PRISONER BY THE YOu IF I COULD
VILTRUMITES. THEY HAVE--BUT THERE
HELD ME IN PRISON WAS NEVER AN
FOR A FEW MONTHS, OPPORTUNITY
I WAS JUST AND--
RECENTLY ABLE ,
TO ESCAPE. 4

Rana
SS
NOT THAT--1 KNOW
YOUR MISSIONS RUN
LONG SOMETIMES.
WHAT I’M TALKING
ABOUT IS THE
COUCH.

OH, UH... THAT. I’M

SORRY. THE THING
IS, WE GOT IN
REALLY LATE
AND--
I DON’T CARE HOW
LATE YOU GET BACK
FIOM A MISSION.
RULES. ; You Wake I'VE BEEN
Mee LIVING WITHOUT
FOR MONTHS
AND I AM HUNGRY!
NOW GIVE IT TO
Me YOU UNOPAN
GOD.

eer ae het Ege REAL

CAN WE PLEASE,

scgeracrie
‘ ABOUT THE UNOPAN
POPULATION AND
Tete eat
HOW YOUR STRICT
BEFORE EVERY DON’T SAY
SINGLE TIME We = YOU) CAN'T.
N--YOUYOU
HAVE SEX? 4 pWAYS DO. CUT
THE CRAP AND
LET’S GET

NOT IT--

WAIT A
MINUTE... DID
YOU SAY “WE”
GOT IN REALLY
LATE?
 My UH, SORRY...
5 THIS IS
_ AWKWARD.

PIE, WORLD-
CONQUERING
SCUM!

SORRY TO
STARTLE YOU--
I’M REALLY NOT
HERE TO HURT
You. I
PROMISE.

YOU KEEP
THAT THING
HIDDEN IN THE
COUCH?
MISSIONS,
ae
 a,
HIDDEN AMONG THE
TOWERING SKY SCRAPERS
OF TELESCRIA IS CENTRAL
BASE OF THE COALITION

FASCINATING--SIMPLY
FASCINATING. ARE YOU NO, WHY? DOWNLOAD
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LINE UP IN THREE,
IN THE STORIES WITH EXACTLY. THIS GOULD TWO..
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PIECE THE COALITION
NEEDS TO END THE
VILTRUMITE THREAT
ONCE AND FOR Zs
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MAYBE WE SHOULD YOU’RE PROBABLY
CANCEL THE CHOOMBAK RIGHT. WAS LOOKING
MATCH TONIGHT. I’M FORWARD TO IT--
GOING TO BE
PROCESSING DATA IN
THE BACK OF
MY MIND ALL
NIGHT.

HOW MUCH
LONGER DO YOU

WHO KNOWS,
He’S BEEN EVER SINCE HIS INTIMIDATING,
MEETING WITH \TRANSFORMATION, SURE... BUT
ALLEN AND I FIND ALLEN AGENT ALLEN
THE ROGUE UNSETTLING. 1S ON OUR
VILTRUMITE TERRIFIES SIDE.
FOR HOURS. Me.
WHY
WOULD YOU
Be SCARED
OF HIM?
 COALITION OF PLANETS,
I THOUGHT YOU
WOULD BE HAPPY
TO HEAR THIS

vox
PAV ee

I AM
CONFLICTED.
ANI
I AM LEADER mM
AM ALSO A
OF THE COLALITION VILTRUMITE.
OF PLANETS, SWORN
TO BRING DOWN THE Ga
VILTRUM EMPIRE
ONCE AND FoR 2
ALL.

I DO NOT I WILL GLADLY BUTI HAVE IT’S TRUE,

VEREVe DOSOIF YOU ALREADY DONE DUDE--
INSIST. THIS FOR ALLEN PULLED HIS
IN THE PAST AND
I DIP NOT
CARE FOR IT.

I DEMAND
THAT YOU PERFORM
THE TOOLOCK PULL
TO PROVE YOURSELF
AS AN UNDERCOVER
VILTRUM AGENT.
 BUT I THOUGHT--T ALWAYS
FEARED THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME,
FOR TURNING MY BACK
AGAINST THE EMPIRE--
VILTRUMITES HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN
LOYAL... wD
THOUGHT
I WAS THE
FIRST.

MY
BETRAYAL
WAS HIDDEN,
REMOVED FROM
HISTORY’S
RECORD.
BUT THERE
IS NO TIME FOR
THIS. WE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
CONVERSING TOO
LONG. PEOPLE WILL
BECOME SUSPICIOUS
THAT THIS ISN’T
JUST A STANDARD

THERE IS AT LEAST ONE

VILTRUMITE AGENT AMONG Tay MY TRUSTED INNER-CIRCLE
HAS A SEPARATE DATABASE
US, REPORTING BACK NO. FOR MORE SENSITIVE DATA.

wiateN msteashd Si
TO THE EMPIRE. THE WORK AND EVEN THEY WILL BE
ISSION USI HIS
MUST REMAIN DATA
SECRET.

THE DATA
FROM MY INFO
POD... IT’S
GOING INTO
THE MAIN
DATABASE?

WE NOW HAVE A LIST OF

WEAPONS AND BEINGS THAT
CAN HURT A VILTRUMITE--
THINGS THAT WILL BECOME
VERY VALUABLE TO
THE COALITION OF
PLANETS.
ALLEN, I’M GIVING
I CHARGE YOU ACCESS TO OUR
YOU TWo WITH ARMORY FOR THE NEXT
THE TASK OF HOUR--THAT’S AS MUCH
GATHERING AS TIME AS IT CAN KEEP
MUCH OF THESE SECRET FROM THE
THINGS THAT COUNCIL.
STILL
REMAIN.
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RELATIVELY CLOSE
AND SHOULD BE
EASY. I CONSIDER
THIS ONE A...
WARM UP.

CLOSE? GOOD. MY CAN’T BE TOO MAD,

GIRLFRIEND ISN’T TOO OQ THOUGH. SHE PACKED
HAPPY ABOUT ME ME SOME FRESH
LEAVING FOR ANOTHER KANZLOK FOR THE
MISSION SO TRIP. YUM.

&

- ONLY THE MOST §

DELICIOUS THING
IN THE
UNIVERSE.
THERE IT IS, THE NEBULOID
BELT. IT’S BEEN... ALMOST
A HUNDRED YEARS S
SINCEITWAS
HERE.

“s THERE'S A CODE HIDDEN IN THE

op TEXT. THE NUMBER OF WORDS
IN THESE PARAGRAPHS I WROTE
ABOUT THE ASTEROIDS WILL SPELL
OUT THE COORDINATES OF THE
SPECIFIC ASTEROID WE’RE _
LOOKING FOR.

HAND
ME YOUR
INFO POP.
SO, IF IT’S BEEN ONE-HUNDRED
YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE, AND THE $m
ASTEROIDS ARE DRIFTING AT
THIS SPEED, THEIR RELATIVE ©
\ DISTANCE TO EACH OTHER
X WOULD BE SHIFTING...

Cf YOU GOING
TO BE ABLE
TO FIND THIS...
WHATEVER
IT 1S We’RE
_ AFTER?

ABSOLUTELY.
JUST GIVE ME
A MINUTE.

HOW CAN
YOU BE SURE?
IT’S A ROCK--
THEY ALL Look ¢
THE SAME.

I’M NOT
SURE... BUT
THIS LOOKS
FAMILIAR.
 THE GUN HAS JUST. 4S
BEEN LYING HERE FOR
ALMOST ONE-HUNPRED
YEARS? THAT MAKES
No SENSE.

YOU JUST TAKE

-), IT BACK TO THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE?
WHY’D YOU LEAVE
\ IT HERE?

SPACE RACERZ I HAD TO CHANGE THE NAMES, I HAD NO IDEA

YOU CALLED HIM WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY READ THOSE BOOKS.
I WROTE THEM AS REMINDERS TO MYSELF--
OR MY SON, IF WE NEEDED THEM. I DIDN’T
WANT THEM TO FALL IN THE
WRONG HANDS.
AND NO,
I’M NOT EVEN
CLOSE TO ONE-
HUNDRED YEARS {
OLD. YOU DIP
YOUR JOB, NO
ONE TALKS
ABOUT THIS GUY
ANYMORE. ff

THE SPACE RACER’S

GUN--THE ONE THAT
FIRES INDESTRUCTIBLE
BLASTS THAT WILL
SHOOT THROUGH
ANYTHING--CAN
ONLY BE FIRED
BY Hii

HE’S GOT
ID Wi H
GUN--IF ANYONE Cc) MY ONLY
TRIES TO TAKE IT OR OPTION WAS
USE IT... IF I HAD TO LEAVE IT
TOUCHED IT WHILE
HE WAS STILL ALIVE
IT WOULD HAVE
FLOWN INTO THE
CENTER OF THE
PILE OF RUBBLE I
BURIED HIM UNDER
AND GIVEN HIM THE
MEANS TO ESCAPE.
 THANKFULLY,
BY NOW HE’S

ee.

THIS IS GOING
TO Bi
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 HOLD THE THREATS,
SPACE RACER! YOU
COULDN’T KILL ME LAST
TIME AND THIS TIME I
BROUGHT HELP!

WAIT! You

BREAKING APART--
AND THE PIECES are
COLLIDING WITH THE
REST OF THE
ASTEROIDS IN SF I7’S CAUSING
THE BELT! A CHAIN REACTION!
THIS ISN’T GOING
3 PRETTY!
 THAT SHOULD
BE FAR
ENOUGH.

er WHAT COULD “YR

YOU POSSIBLY

\ ,PD
AGH--
CRAP! DON’T
SHOOT.
 WHY DO YOU THINK. WHY WOULD I THINK IT MORE LIKELY
I’M HERE? WE CAME & WE HAVE COME THAT YOU CAME HERE TO
HERE TO FREE OTHERWISE? RETRIEVE MY WEAPON,
5 YOU--NOT TO THINKING I’D LONG
FIGHT YOU. SINCE PERISHED.

YOU DON’T I FOUGHT THIS GUY A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST, TOO--
© AND I AGREE WITH YOU--HE’S A REAL JERK. AND THE gm
‘ TRUTH IS, WE PIP COME HERE TO RETRIEVE YOUR x
THE ALIEN. : GUN... THINKING YOU WERE LONG DEAD.
' awe =

BUT WHAT YOU

DON’T KNOW IS THAT

COALITION OF PLANETS
NOW TO ORGANIZE AN YF sieve on
OFFENSIVE AGAINST S gup eipe
THE VILTEUM aw
eee ,7 a

ASSUMING WHAT ALLEN IS SAYING IS 4 I AM VERY SORRY FOR WHAT

YOU WERE TRUE. I AM REFORMED. I’VE PUT YOU THROUGH--BUT
ON OUR I’VE TURNED AGAINST THE 6 PLEASE DON’T HOLD MY PAST
SIDE... VILTRUMITES AND AM NOW y ACTIONS AGAINST THE
TRYING TO DO MY PART COALITION--THEY MAY BE THE
IN ENDING THEIR UNIVERSE’S LAST BEST HOPE
REIGN. AGAINST THE VILTRUM
9 EMPIRE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE I HAVE y ILKNOW AND MY § SURE Do! aD
BR Seen suRiED - Mm ASSOCIATE HAS @ JUST
peraGIVE we
ME |
mp SAID HE’S VERY 4A fee
mm SORRY ABOUT gam &
COULD SEE THAT WE mee THAT, AND-- Jae
ARE INDEED FIGHTING
GAINS T THE
VILTRUMITES. ¥g

RS7
: 2 he EVER HEARD Be
: OF KANSLOK?
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I WILL ACCOMPANY YOU S&

ma BACK TO THIS SUPPOSED
y COALITION STRONGHOLD, =

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WiLBEe
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| HIDDEN AMONG THE TOWERING
SKYSCRAPERS OF TELESCRIA
LIES THE CENTRAL BASE OF
THE COALITION OF PLANETS.

HE’S STILL VERY

CAUTIOUS ABOUT
THIS SITUATION
BUT I’M TOLD HE’S
OPT wl
a aad MY MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS ARE
WITH US EXAMINING HIM TO
’ MAKE SURE HE’S IN V tis uy Is
G00D PHYSICAL GOING TO BE
SHAPE. HIS A HUGE HELP
METABOLISM IS TO US. VERY
ASTOUNDING. WELL DONE,
BOTH OF
YOU.

I WILL ALERT WHERE | ARE YOU KIPDING?

SHOULD YOU’RE CRASHING
I--2 AT MY PLACE,
BUDDY!

Yr
q a

THANK
YOU, GREAT
THAEDUS.
I’M GOING
TO HEAD HOME
WHILE YOUR TEAM
ASSEMBLES FOR
OUR NEXT MISSION.
YOU SAY IT COULD
BE TWO DAYS
BEFORE THEY
ARE READY?
THE ROGNARR ARE VICIOUS,
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. WHEN
THE VILTRUMITES DISCOVERED
THIS RACE OF MONSTERS, THEY WITH ALL
SENT A FEW TEAMS HERE TO THIS ICE--
TRY AND DESTROY THEM--
TO DISASTROUS RESULTS.
THESE THINGS ARE
INDESTRUCTIBLE.

FINALLY, I
CAME UP WITH
THE IDEA OF USING
A SOLAR DISK TO
BLOCK THEIR SUN--
FREEZING THEM.
IF THESE THINGS
THAW OUT WHILE
We’RE HERE--
WE’RE IN
TROUBLE.

NOLAN TO BRIDGE. WE’RE WE CAN

GOING TO NEED TO PREPARE HANDLE THAT
YOU’R A TEAM TO TRANSPORT THESE ON OUR OWN,
RIGHT, THINGS TO THE CARGO HOLD THANK YOU
BEFORE THEY COMPLETELY VERY
THAW OUT. THE ONLY WAY
WE’RE GOING TO FIND THEM
IS BY REMOVING THE DOWNLOAD,
SOLAR DISK. FIRE AT WILL.
 COMPLETELY
DESTROY IT!

THERE! we NEED VY WE’RE ONLY

TOGETTHATONE GOING TO GET
UP TO THE SHIP ONE SHOT
BEFORE IT AT THIS!
COMPLETELY
THAWS OUT!

I’M TAKING THIS ONE

TO THE SHIP! SEE IF

COMPLETELY --WE’RE
FINISHED!
THE
ROGNARR ARE
TOO STRONG TO
TRANSPORT.
 THE VILTRUMITE’S THESE CREATURES \
HEART RATE HAS MAY BE THE THING
MORE THAN DOUBLED, WE NEED TO FINALLY
PTAIN. ITHINK TURN THE TIDE
EY’RI AINST THE
OUBI VILTRUMITES! WHAT
FAILURE IS IS GOING
ON DOWN
THERE?

i HF Ee HG
EEL YD is

WHAT’S GOING ON
IS YOU MORONS
SCREWED UP! THIS

IS G
MISSION IS
BUST! I’M
GETTING US
OUT OF HERE
Now!
 Tp Co! vust cet
OUT OF HERE,

WZ fs

NO, YOU DON’T!

THESE THINGS EAT
VILTRUMITES THE ONLY
ALive!
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CATCH

ye
uP TO You!
Move!
 ELESCRIA, WHERE WE
FIND THE HOME BASE OF
THE COALITION OF PLANETS

IT’S NOT A TOTAL LOSS. WE

KNOW WHERE THEY ARE--AND
THEY’RE ACTIVE AGAIN. WE
COULD DISTRACT A SQUAD OF
VILTRUMITES BY SENDING
THEM THERE... AND I’M NOT
COMPLETELY RULING OUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF CAPTURING
SOME TO TRAIN IN
SOME WAY.

We’LL

es
FIGURE
SOMETHING

NN Ag Nor sane,
iy be En

— 2 i

THE SAME SHORT-TEMPERED THANKFULLY, THERE ARE

BLOOD RUNS THROUGH MY FAR MORE POTENTIAL
VEINS AS WELL, NOLAN. YOU I’M BEST NOT WEAPONS LISTED IN YOUR
SHOWED GREAT RESTRAINT SORRY TO BRING BOOKS... AND A FEW THINGS
OUT THERE. MY PEOPLE I’D LIKE YOU TO LOOK
SCREWED alk INTO THAT YOU DIDN’T
THI on Ee WRITE ABOUT.
YOU HAVE
ALONG ROAD
AHEAD OF
 Wwe KNOW
HIM AS
BATTLE
BEAST.

IE THIS
THING IS STILL
OUT HERE--
THIS BEACON
WILL Weeet

y& I KNOW OF
S THE ONE YOU
SPEAK. MY
LANET’S FAVORITE
A \ SON... OUR WORLD'S
4 PROTECTOR,
- > HE
bye2, BROUGHT US
@
ae. J >
THIS UTOPIA.
? @/
BUT IN DOING
I" $0, HE BECAME
APDICTED To CONFLICT.
| INVULNERABLE AND
IMMORTAL, HE LEFT OUR
WORLD IN SEARCH OF
CONFLICT WORTHY
OF HIS UNIQUE
ABILITIES.
I HAVE NEVER
SEEN HIM, THERE
ARE THOSE AMONG
US WHO DO NOT
BELIEVE HIM TO EXIST.
I PRAY TO LIVE LONG
ENOUGH TO SEE HIS
RETURN. WE ALL DO.
 HE’S
SLEEPING!
THAT MAN
WOULD SLEEP
THROUGH ANYTHING!
I STILL NEED TO TALK

THIS IS
RIDICULOUS.
He’S BEEN
SLEEPING ON
OUR COUCH FOR
MONTHS!

YOU COULD HAVE ASKED V WE'VE BEEN

ME INSTEAD OF LAUNCHING
INTO THIS TIRADE. HE’S
MOVING OUT NEXT
WEEK.
FINALLY IN YOUR
280 POSYou .—.
FM see ore ; NEVER — Sedaiaasgiic
; UNDERESTIMATE Gun
a Be
THE SEX DRIVE /
OF AREPRESSED MSINCE IT'sJUST”
YOU AND I HERE...
T HAVE...

WE HAVE SPACE RACER

WORKING WITH US. WE
WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT IT
A DILUTED SAMPLE OF THERE ARE WILL Come.
THE KLAXUS POISON OTHER POTENTIAL Be.
FROM THE SINTAK | ITEMS OF INTEREST--
BEETLE. BUT I FEAR IT
WON’T BE
ENOUGH.

THE TIME
TO Abed IS
Now. YOu
NEED TO GO
TO EARTH.
GET YOUR
SON AND THAT
BOY WITH THE
GELDARIAN WEAPON--
AND WHOEVER ELSE
YOU THINK CAN

WE WILL DO OUR
BEST TO ARRANGE
AS MANY THREATS
TO THE VILTRUMITES
AS WE CAN WHILE
YOU ve

+. THERE IS
SOMETHING TI
MUST REVEAL
TO YOU.
 THE
SCOURGE
VIRUS?
IMPROVED
STRAIN THAT WOULD
CIRCUMVENT ANY

AND ALTHOUGH IT
COULD MEAN SUICIDE
FOR US AND THE
POTENTIAL EXTINCTION
OF OUR PEOPLE... WIE I BELIEVE
OUR CAUSE TO
BE LOST, I WON’T
HESITATE TO
USE IT AGAIN.
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wewe
Se)
a
YOU DISRUPT
THE NATURAL
ORDER OF
THINGS!

THE EVILS YOU

HAVE SERVED?! HOW Pap
MUCH YOU HAVE al
DAMAGED
CIVILIZATION
WITH YOUR
ACTIONS2!
 YOU DISGUST ME, YOU NAIVE FOOL!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’VE DONE.
THE DEVASTATION WORLDWIDE--IN ALL
THE MAJOR CITIES OF THE WORLD--
WAS THE BEST THING THAT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED
To us!
THE LACK OF FOOD AND
SUPPLIES, THE SPREAD OF
ILLNESS AMONG THE DISPLACED
CITY DWELLERS WOULD HAVE
STEMMED THE IMPENDING
OVERPOPULATION
THE CATASTROPHE.
DESTRUCTION OF
THE DENSELY POPULATED
CITY CENTERS WOULD HAVE
LED TO A SUBSTANTIAL
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EMISSIONS LEADING TO A
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GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE.

THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT OF

REBUILDING THE CITIES WOULD
HAVE TAKEN YEARS IF YOU AND
YOUR SUPERHERO FRIENDS
= HADN’T INTERFERED!
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WORLDWIDE AND
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YOU’RE
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RANTING AND GOING TO.
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THE CITIES BEING
LEVELED WAS A
GOOD THING AND
HOW I SHOULDN’T
HAVE HELPED
REBUILD
THEM.
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TO ATTEMPT TO LEVEL
THE CITY AGAIN? HOW
MANY PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE BEEN SAVED
BY KILLING HIM?

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I’M THINKING NOW.
I SHOULD JUST
TAKE CARE OF THEM
ONCE AND FOR ALL...
SAVE EVERYONE
THE HEARTACHE.

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I THINK THAT’S
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THE BOY’S MAN. HIM--HIS OWN
FATHER IS THE FATHER--TO SAVE
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TO MAKE CONVERSATION--BUT
IT WAS A STUPID MISTAKE
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NO CORNERS LEFT
UNEXPLORED,
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WHEN WE GOT
TOGETHER.
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TELL WHEN YOU’RE
WITH A VIRGIN. THEY
JUST ACT DIFFERENTLY,
THINK DIFFERENTLY...
LESS CONFIDENCE.
IT’S ATTRACTIVE.

DON’T KNOW
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HAD THINGS BEEN...
DIFFERENT.
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LIKE COMING
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WHATEVER, YOU TO LOOK PAST
THE CASE MAY MY DAUGHTER’S
Be. OBVIOUS FLAWS.
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THAT.
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SIX REGULAR
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BE A BAD IDEA
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ROSTER ALITTLE...
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FOR WHEN
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NOW THAT WE KEPT THAT
MONSTER ALIVE WOULD
ONLY TURN INVINCIBLE
AGAINST US... AND HE’D
BE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY.
WE MADE A HUGE
MISTAKE THERE.

ONCE CONQUEST
BROKE AWAY FROM OUR a
FACILITY, HE LEFT THE PLANET AND
HASN’T COME BACK--MAYBE HE WON/T
COME BACK. WE’LL WAIT UNTIL IT’S A
PROBLEM BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION.
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GRAND REGENT
THRAGG WITHOUT
SUBMISSION!

PLEASE
FORGIVE ME,
SIRE. I BRING
NEWS OF THE
STATUS ON
EARTH.

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TEETH--BARELY
CONTROLLABLE. AN
ANIMAL 1S ONLY
USEFUL WHEN
IT OBEYS ITS
MASTER.

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YOU TO BRING
DOWN THE SON
OF NOLAN AND
SECURE HIS PLANET
FOR MY ARRIVAL.
NONE OF THESE
TASKS WERE
ACCOMPLISHED.
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THE BOY. I TOYED WITH
HIM FAR TOO LONG, I
GAVE HIM TIME TO GAIN
AN ADVANTAGE.
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TO RETRIEVE NOLAN’S TO PREVENT THIS, BUT GO,
SON AND BRING HIM CATCH THEM ON THEIR
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WITH US. OF THEM ARE ABLE TO
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AND A CHILD?
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UNRELIABLE.

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CEREAL. A WHILE. IS ENJOY SPENDING TO BE DOING? ANYTHING...
THAT GETTING TIME WITH
SERIOUS? HIM.

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DON’T YOU DEEP DOWN,
FLY YOUR I DON’T KNOW DON’T
LITTLE BUTT HOW T FEEL. I YOU THINK
OVER TO THE HAVEN’T REALLY MARK
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ALL HE DOES
THESE DAYS.

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THAT THING ATTACKED BOTH

OF US AT STRONGHOLD PRISON
AWHILE BACK. WHAT IS IT?!
WHY IS IT AFTER
YOU?
HAVE TIME
TO GIVE ME
ANSWERS!

THIS IS —
SIMPLY A DISPUTE
OVER MY TERRITORY.
) YOU DON’T WANT TO
LESS YOU KNOW,
THE BETTER.
TRUST ME.

I was
GRANDFATHERED
INTO AN INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
CALLED THE ORDER
WHEN I TOOK OVER
MACHINE HEAD’S
TERRITORY.

IT COSTS
TOO MUCH, IT
WAS A HASSLE. I THIS GUY'S
DECIDED I DIDN’T THE MUSCLE. HIS
NEED THEM. NOW AGENT WAS BEING
THEY’RE TRYING HELD IN STRONGHOLD,
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HIS BODY WHILE
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LONG SINCE WE’VE TALKED,
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MARK.
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OF BODIES. I'VE SEEN "MY GIRLFRIEND...
MORE DEATH =EVEN THOUGH
THAN I CAN SHE DIDN’T
BEAR. ACTUALLY
DIE...

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ALMOST
LIKE THIS
COSTUME
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KNOW WHAT’S REALLY OPENED THAT
AT STAKE, I’M WILLING DOOR, I DON’T
TO GO TO KNOW IF I CAN
EXTREMES. CLOSE IT. MY
TEMPER GETS
THE BEST
OF ME...

I DID IT
TO PREVENT
MORE DEATHGS...
BUT IT STILL
I ALMOST
DID IT AGAIN,
TODAY.

I CAN’T EVEN LOOK

AT MYSELF ANYMORE.
I CAN’T STAND
THE SIGHT OF NONSENSE.
MYSELF. THE FACT THAT
YOU’RE SITTING
I FEEL LIKE HERE, QUESTIONING
I CAN’T WEAR YOUR AC You've
THIS COSTUME PROVES THAT = steavep, MAYBE
ANY MORE. LIKE YOU'RE A GOOD CROSSED A LINE
THIS WHOLE MAN. OR TWO, BUT YOU
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IT TOO MANY

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ENORMOUS MOST--AND COSTUME ANYMORE... MAN YOU WERE, IF
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PRESSURE. WORST THIS THAT COSTUME I CAN’T YOU WANT TO Be... I
IT WEARS JOB HAS TO ANYMORE. _, 60 BACK IN CAN MAKE SURE
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UNDO WHAT
YOU’VE
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WITH KILLING--
IT’S TOO EASY, IT
CHANGES THINGS.
I’M JUST NOT
CONVINCED IT’S
THE ANSWER
ANYMORE.

EVEN IF
IT WOULD
PREVENT FUTURE
ATTACKS... IT SEEMS
TO ALSO POTENTIALLY
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DOING BEFORE TECH JACKET. THEY’RE
YOU LEAVE? GOING TO BE OUT FOR A

AND THIS
IS THE ENTIRETY
OF WHAT I NEED
TO DO BEFORE I
LeAve. I WANT TO
SPEND EVERY WAKING
MOMENT WITH YOU. Zs
I’M GOING TO
MISS YOU.

WHAT? YOU KEEP

ACTING LIKE YOU iY t’M vusT
WANT TO SAY WORRIED
SOMETHING--AND ABOUT
THEN DON’T. NOTHING. YOU.
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COMPLETELY NORMAL,
ALBEIT SUPERHERO
DAD ALL MY LIFE THAT
HE WAS ACTUALLY A
MEMBER OF AN ALIEN
RACE OUT TO CONQUER
THE UNIVERSE AND
HE WANTED MY HELP
TAKING OVER EARTH?
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“OR IS IT THAT HE TOLD ME

DURING THE FIGHT THAT HE
WAS COMPLETELY PREPARED
TO KILL ME, WAS INDIFFERENT
ABOUT THAT, AND CONSIDERED
MY MOTHER TO BE LITTLE
MORE THAN A PET?

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LAYING IT ALL
OUT LIKE
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WHILE YOU
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DIDN’T YOU?

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HIS LOYALTY TO THE VILTRUM EMPIRE fF
ALREADY--AND HIS STANCE WAS PRETTY |
MUCH SET IN STONE AFTER THAT FIGHT.” &

REFRESH
YOUR ATMOSPHERE
FOR THIS
CONVERSATION...
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CAN SPEAK FREELY--YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I YOU HAVE TO KNOW
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AND YOU NEXT TO NEVER I’M UP
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STUFF MUCH
MORE THAN
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EVERYTHING
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MINUTES.

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ABOUT IT. IT’S TOO
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DAD WAS DEAD. HE
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TO ME--AND HAVING JUST
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I WAS ALITTLE
SHAKEN.
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CONSCIOUS FOR CHARGE OF EARTH,
THE REST OF KID. NOW IF YOU’LL
THE NIGHT. EXCUSE US, WE’RE
GOING TO GO KILL
YOUR DAD.”

WHY WOULD
THEY PUT ME IN
CHARGE OF EARTH?
THAT MAKES NO SENSE!
THAT'S LICE APPOINTING
YOU TO BE IN CHARGE
OF MY LAUNDRY OR
| SOMETHING-- YOU NEVER : Sami
SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
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COALITION OF BE EXECUTED UNLESS HIM ESCAPE.
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VILTRUMITES ALREADY.
WORLD CONQUERORS,
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KINDER, GENTLER
VILTRUMITES
ACT.

SHE WARNED ME. TOLD ME BECAUSE CONQUEST.

I BETTER START MY WORK, THEY WOULD
PREPARING EARTH FOR NOT.
TAKEOVER--THAT IT WOULD
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EVERYONE IF I DID AND SHE
IT PEACEFULLY. SAID THE
NEXT AGENT
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WOULDN'T BE
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CONQUEST.

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MARK.
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THEIR NUMBERS ARE
ASTONISHINGLY LOW.
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POPULATION DOWN
TO NEXT TO
NOTHING.
THE BATTLE,
ACCORDING TO
THE COALITION
OF PLANETS,
IS VERY
WINNABLE.

MY DAD
HAS BEEN WORKING
WITH ALLEN THE ALIEN,
GATHERING THE
THINGS LISTED IN HIS
BOOKS THAT CAN BE

HI ILTRU.
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EMPIRE. _. NOW IS THE
TIME TO
STRIKE.

WHAT
DO YOU
THINK?

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EARTH BECAUSE OF .
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THEY WANT FROM US. TO BE IN THIS
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THEM TO RESTORE GLAD MY FATHER
THEIR POPULATION. IS ON MY SIDE.
 IT’S WEIRD. I’VE KNOWN
HIM ALL MY LIFE TO BE
THIS GOOD PERSON,
OMNI-MAN, DEFENDER
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MYSELF ALL THAT
WAS AN ACT.

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SHOWED ME, THE
LOVE BETWEEN A
FATHER AND SON,
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A BRIEF PERIOD.
HIM.

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I HAVE? ALLEN
TRUSTS HIM. THE
aie TRUSTS

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DON’T SEE HOW THAT
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AND I WON’T HAVE ANY
CONTACT WITH
EARTH.

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FOR THE SAKE OF
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THE PLANET
TODAY --WHEN
WERE YOU
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WHILE YOU’RE
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GOING TO LEAVE UNDEFENDED. FROM YOU? FATHER ABOUT ALL
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WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
EVERYTHING.

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MY MIND. T
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I DON’T SHOULD COME
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YOU GOULD
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SORRY FOR
EVERYTHING.
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I HAVE TO DO THIS,
I’M SORRY THAT I
HAVE TO LEAVE YOU--
PUT MYSELF IN DANGER
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I’M SORRY FOR
EVERYTHING.

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GET IT, MARK?
I DON’T WANT
TO BE WITH
ANYONE da

I HAVEN’T REALLY GIVEN MUCH

THOUGHT TO WHAT I’M ACTUALLY
GETTING MYSELF INTO. THIS
ISN’T A BATTLE--THIS IS A
WAR--A WAR BETWEEN TWO
IMPOSSIBLY POWERFUL
FORCES.

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FOR SO THEM IN AT ALL TIMES.
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way.

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WHAT I WAS

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BREATH FORA
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COURSE.

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FOR DAD AND
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 OH, MARK.
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PUTTING IT ALL ON THE

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YOU AND EVERYONE
WITH YOU.

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AT YOU. T’LL ADMIT
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THE GIRL AT HOME
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INTERESTING. ALTHOUGH, I THINK
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SORRY TO
DISTURB YOU,
GRANP THAEDUS,
BUT YOU ARE
NEEDED.

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WE STARTED ON THE DRIDELL

OUTPOST, WHICH THE COUNCIL
AGREED WOULD BE THE BEST
STAGING GROUND FOR A
FIRST STRIKE AGAINST
VILTRUMITE HELD
CIVILIZATIONS.

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SHIP WHILE RETURNING
FROM EARTH IS SERVING
ILTRUMITES. ee y
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FROM YOU, FOR
THIS WAR TO
BEGIN.

COMMENCE
THE INITIAL
ASSAULT.
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JUST LOOK
AT (T--ISN’T IT
AWESOME?!

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND,

THE ee JACKET CLEANS

MY BODY. I HAVEN’T
SHOWERED SINCE
~ I GOT IT.
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WHEN YOU WERE
HAVE BEEN
SHAVING ME ALL
EXPLAININ THIS TIME, TOO!
WHERE our I HAD NO GLUE
’D STARTED
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HAIR. THIS IS

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FREQUENCY IT’S
UNDETECTABLE--
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USED TO FIND
Me IF I’M
PD EVER LOST.

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SHOWING UP.
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WE WANT TO KEEP HIM
HYDRATED. I DON’T
WANT HIM CHOKING
/ ON THE MEAT.

J DONE THIS A
DOZEN Times!
I KNOW WHAT
I’M DOING.

IT’S BEEN
Sy ALMOST A
Bl MONTH--EXACTLY
HOW LONG ARE
\ WE GOING TO
y/ NEED TO STAY
fy HERE? 4
HIS RECOVERY
IS MOVING ALONG
AT A GOOD PACE. IT
SHOULDN’T BE MORE
THAN A FEW MORE
MONTHS. SO GET
COMFORTABLE.
I’M
BUILDING
THIS SHELTER
FORA
REASON.

MY MOM, NOT I KNOW

MARKS MOM,7
nie
OF HEALING IN
A VILTRUMITE
PRISON TO MAKE
ME REALIZE
IT... BUT YES,
I DO.

WE HAVE AFFECTION,
THE VILTRUMITES, BUT
WE DON’T CARE FOR
EACH OTHER LIKE
HUMANS DO. OUR LIVES
ARE SO LONG THAT OVER
TIME WE GROW DISTANT,
IT’S HARD TO FORMA
BOND WITH SOMEONE YOU’LL NEVER
OVER THAT MUCH FIND ONE OF US
TIME. WHO WILL ADMIT IT--
BUT WE LIVE VERY
LONELY, SOLITARY
LIVES. ESPECIALLY
WITH OUR NUMBERS
LIVING ON EARTH 99 DEPLETED.
CHANGED ME. SEEING
HUMANS GROW $0 CLOSE
TO EACH OTHER, CARING
S0 DEEPLY FOR THEIR Lover
ONES IN THE SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME ALLOTTED FOR
THEM... IT WAS SPECIAL,
SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED.
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SPECTATOR, WATCHING DID.I HAD A
AS THEY LIVED THEIR CONNECTION We
LIVES. ACTING AS ONE AT FIRST TI TO HER. HAD MARK,
OF THEM, GROWING THOUGHT I TOGETHER.
CLOSE TO DEBBIE, HAD, I TOLD RAISED HIM
PRETENDING TO MYSELF THAT NOT AS A
FORM A BOND. WAS THE VILTRUMITE,
ONLY WAY. BUT ASA
I COULDN'T HUMAN.
ACTUALLY CARE
FOR THIS FRAIL
HER AT. CREATURE.
RANDOM?

I THOUGHT
I WAS BIDING MY
TIME, WAITING TO SEE
IF MARK DEVELOPED
POWERS... WAITING TO
SEE HOW HUMAN DNA
MIXED WITH VILTRUMITE
DNA... IF HE’D HAVE
POWERS AND IF SO,
HOW CLOSE TO
VILTRUMITE
ar HE
I NEVER OVER TIME,
LOOKED AT I FELL INTO THE
ACHORE T UNCEAND, HUMAN. ANYTHING:
ENJOYEP 4 catHeR... $0 MUCH
% $0 THAT WHEN
MARK GOT HIS
POWERS...

I HAD TO GO BACK TO I SPENT ALOT OF THE DAMAGE V WHEN I LOOKED DOWN

BEING A VILTRUMITE. T TIME ALONE, THEN... I’VE DONE... AT MARK, SAW HIM...
HAD TO DO WHAT I CONSIDERING IF T THE PAIN I’ve BEATEN BY MY OWN
WAS PUT THERE COULD IGNORE MY CAUSED... HAND... A VILTRUMITE
TO DO. DUTY, CONTINUE WOULD HAVE FELT
WHETHER LIVING THE LIE I’D NOTHING... BUT I WAS
ENJOYED SO DEVASTATED.
MUCH... WITH THE
WOMAN I’D
GROWN TO I KNEW THEN
Love. THAT I’D MADE
A MISTAKE... BUT
IN THE I’D ALREADY
END... I GONE TOO FAR...
CHOSE TO IT WAS TOO
CARRY OUT LATE.
MY MISSION...
DESPITE HOW
CONFLICTED
I was.
 TALESCRIA.

ALLEN, IT |S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU BACK.
TECH JACKET, IT IS DISAPPEARANCE OF
GOOP TO MEET YOU.
THE TWO OF YOU ! A T/LL NEED
WILL BE VERY
VALUABLE.
ee eevee THE TWO OF YOU
U : BATTLE-READY IN
A FEW HOURS. we're
SENDING YOU TO THE
PLANET OOLA, WHERE
THE VILTZUMITE FORCES
HAVE FORTIFIED AN
OOLIAN BASE AND OOLA WILL MAKE
ARE EFFECTIVELY A PERFECT STAGING
DEFENDING AGAINST GROUND TO MOVE OUR
OUR FORCES. FORCES DEEPER INTO
VILTRUMITE TERRITORY.
IT 1S ESSENTIAL
TO THE WAR

I HOPE
» / your TIME
HIDING ON THAT
VILTRUMITE
SHIP WASN'T
TOO TAXING.

I’M
GROWING
A BEARD.

BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY

NOT SOMETHING I’D
FEEL THE NEED TO
RANPOMLY BRING UP.
I, UH... I’M KIND OF
NERVOUS.
GO TO THAT
PLANET WHEN
YOU NEED
Me, sie.
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KNOW, IT’S LIKE YOU SAY, YOUR AFFECTION TOWARD MY
THE PEOPLE ARE NICE. MOTHER WAS CONSIDERED
THEY CARE FOR EACH ODP TO THEM. ALTHOUGH,
OTHER MORE THAN SHE DIDN’T MIND.
PEOPLE DID ON MY MOTHER
THRAXA. IS DEAD BY Now.
SOMETIMES T
THINK ABOUT
THAT AND IT

THAT’S ONLY NATURAL. I PLAN

I CAN’T SAY I’ve YOU’RE TELLING DON’T YOU WORRY THE VILTRUMITES TO.
NEVER FOUND MYSELF ME? IWwAsSA ABOUT LIFESPAN. STILL VIEW ME AS
SADDENED BY HER BABY LAST TIME YOU’/LL PROBABLY INFERIOR--THEY we’LL
PASSING. SAW YOU. OUTLIVE ME. DESPITE wenTeY 70 KILL GET RIGHT
YOUR GENETICS-- ON THAT AS
SHE WAS A YOU’LL STILL Live SOON AS
GOOD PERSON. YOU THINK CENTURIES. MARK IS BACK
HER PEOPLE’S I DON’T THINK IN FIGHTING
ACCELERATED ABOUT MY FORM.
LIFE-SPANS ARE LIFESPAN ALL
UNFORTUNATE. (\ THE TIME?

CONSIDERABLY.
BEFORE, I COULD
WATCH YOU CHANGE LET’S
FROM DAY TO DAY...NOT KICK THOSE
NOW. YOU’LL BE FINE. GUYS’ ASSES.

SPEAKING OF WHICH,
WE SHOULD PROBABLY
BE GETTING BACK, T
DON’T LIKE LEAVING
HIM ALONE FOR WAIT--
$0 LONG. THERE’S A
NEST RIGHT
THERE!
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THINGS... I
ACTUALLY La

THE TIME! THEY

K
IN THE HOUSE.
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HAVE SUPER
HEARING BUT
SHEESH.

THE SEDATIVE
HAS ALREADY WORN
OFF--THIS ISN’T
WORKING, MAN THE
A ESCAPE Pops BEFORE
(\ YOUR SHIP Loses
- PROPULSION!

HIS SPINE FEELS ALMOST

COMPLETELY HEALED. HIS
RECOVERY SHOULD SPEED
UP NOW THAT HIS BODY
ISN’T REBUILDING
BONE.

HE'S OKAY, om
ANOTHER Y RIGHT? THERE’S
MONTH? = “NOTHING THAT
4 CAN GO WRONG...
1S THERE?
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SPACE UNHARMED--SO A THE OCEANS OF LASNEMA HAS DETECTED
TETHER SYSTEM IS BEING A FLAUN... LOOKS TO BE A BIG ONE, TOO.
DEVELOPED. I’LL LET YOU NOLAN’S BOOKS SAY THEIR TEETH CAN
KNOW WHEN THE CUT A VILTRUMITE. I’LL SEND A TEAM
SCIENTISTS OUT TO HARVEST THEM WITHOUT
GET A WORKING DAMAGING THE ANIMAL.
PROTOTYPE.
STILL NO

BATTLE BEAST HAS AGREED

TO JOIN OUR RANKS. HE’S ENJOY YOUR
ACCOMPANIED A SQUADRON TO DOWNTIME, WE
THE VILTRUMITE-CONTROLLED NEED YOU BACK
PLANET QUINTESSA, DESPITE ON THE FRONT IN
HIS INITIAL REFUSAL OF
ANYTHING HE DEEMED THE KRESH
ASSISTANCE. UPRISING ON
GELPARIA HAS
BEEN QUELLED... BUT
UNFORTUNATELY WE
DID LOSE CONTROL OF
OOLA. LUCKILY, ANOTHER
STAGING GROUND HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED
IN GLACIA

DON’T TELL
ME THAT--LOOK
7] AT YOU--LOOK AT HOW
MUCH STRONGER
YOU’VE GOTTEN OVER
THE LAST MONTH!
YOU’VE GOT
THIS!
KEEP
GOING,
OLiveR! YOU
CAN DO IT!

IT’S THREE STEPS FORWARD

AND TWO STEPS BACK. OUR THE TWO OF YOU,
ARMIES ARE MORE THAN BATTLE BEAST,
EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE SPACE RACER, IT
FORCES OF THE VARIOUS JUST ISN’T
VILTRUMITE-OCCUPIED ENOUGH. I MAY
PLANETS. HAVE TO SPLIT
THE PROBLEM YOU TWO UP.
IS WE LACK HEAVY-
HITTERS. WITH NOLAN,
INVINCIBLE AND THE
YOUNGER ONE ALL MISSING...
We’RE AT A LOSS WHEN THE
VILTRUMITE AGENTS
STATIONED WITHIN
THESE WORLDS JOIN
THE FIGHT.
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QUIET IN THAT
QUADRANT. END?
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IS REFUSING A LEAVE
PERIOD FOLLOWING HIS
VICTORY OVER THE
VILTRUMITES ON
QUINTESSA. THAT
ONE IS VERY
DEDICATED.

YOU’VE BEEN FEEDING US

INFORMATION FOR YEARS--
BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH. WE
ARE STILL LOSING
PLANETS TO THE
COALITION.

WE WILL
STRIKE THE
COALITION
HEADQUARTERS ON
TALESCRIA. YOU WILL
SHUT DOWN THEIR
DEFENSES AT THE
TIME BEING
TRANSMITTED
TO YOU.

RESPONP.

IT WILL
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I THANK YOU ALL

FOR ATTENDING THIS
ASSEMBLY. I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE ALL
ENDURING A GREAT
MANY HARDSHIPS
DURING THIS
WAR WITH THE I URGE YOU
VILTRUMITES. TO PUT YOUR FAITH
IN THIS COALITION OF
PLANETS THAT WE HAVE
FORMED TOGETHER.
AS ONE UNIT, WE ARE
STRONG--STRONG
ENOUGH TO
WITHSTAND THESE
Tees ee NOW

I KNOW SOME OF YOU

HAVE QUESTIONED MY
JUDGMENT IN STARTING
THIS VILTRUMITE WAR...
I ASSURE YOU OUR
TIME TO STRIKE
WAS UPON US.
I CAN NOW
REVEAL TO YOU
THAT THE VILTRUM
AGENT KNOWN AS
NOLAN HAS DEFECTED
AND WAS WORKING
WITH US, GATHERING
ITEMS KNOWN TO
BE CAPABLE
OF INJURING
VILTRUMITES.

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BEEN EQUIPPED THAT THE LYNCHPIN
WITH WEAPONS OF OUR PLAN, NOLAN
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THESE ITEMS THAT HAVE SONS, HAVE GONE
BEEN RECOVERED. THAT MISSING, AND WILL NOT
IS HOW WE’VE BEEN BE PROVIDING US WITH
ABLE TO HOLD THE THE ASSISTANCE WE
VILTRUMITE WERE COUNTS
BUT FEAR
NOT, AS LONG
AS WE CONTINUE
TO WORK
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LAST VERY
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THAN YOU THINK.
ON TOP OF THAT,
YOU HAD RAGE AND
ADRENALINE... YOU
WERE MORE
INVESTED IN
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SPECTATOR
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THE FIGHT TO HIM... OVER, WE WILL BE
TO TALESCRIA. THE VICTORS.

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THIS IS DONE... CAN NEVER COME BACK TO EARTH.
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THERE? I’M NOT GIVING IT MUCH {
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THAT WHEN YOU’RE
IN OUR SITUATION...
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
NOW RATHER THAN
THINKING ABOUT
THE FUTURE.

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ALL GOING TO
MAKE IT OUT
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WE’RE JUST
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HE’S NOT COMING

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US THERE. HE
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SOMETHING
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IT WOULD
PICK WHAT TAKE FAR TOO
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VILTRUM AS
A STAGING
GROUND. s

THE SYMBOLISM
OF RETURNING TO
THE HOME WORLD
BEING CHIEF AMONG
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MEMORIAL TO THOSE
FALLEN, THE PLANET
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AND YOUR FATHER AND
BROTHER WERE OUT OF
COMMISSION FOLLOWING
OUR LAST BATTLE...
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US ALIVE FOR WE DESTROYED TO HURT US.
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PEOPLE OF THIS
PLANET FOR
VILTRUMITE RULE...
CA OT!
THINGS OVER SO
THAT WE CAN

THE TIME
FOR THAT HAS
PASSED. Wi
WILL TAKE WHAT
We WANT...

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DESTROY
THE REST.
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EARTH... WHAT MUST
BE HAPPENING YOU SAW
THERE. THE LOOK ON
THRAGG’S FACE--
HE WANTS TO
HURT US...
HE WANTS TO

WHAT
DON’T
ELSE COULD
HE DO?! WHY
DO THIS TO ELSE WOULD
HE LEAVE US
ALive?!
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DAYS BEFORE WE
REACH EARTH. YOU
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YOURSELF CRAZY
LIKE THIS.

HAS. THIS IS
ALL WE CAN DO.
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WILL BE FINE.
THOSE VILTRUMITES
PROBABLY JUST
WENT INTO
HIDING.

DON’T
WORRY ABOUT

FROM THEM
FOR YEARS.

I DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY

OF TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THE
VILTRUMITES. T COMMAND
COALITION, NOW... I’VE
GOT FAR TOO MUCH TO
WORRY ABOUT.

THAT WE JUST
DON’T KNOW WHERE
THEY WENT... PART
OF ME, I HATE TO
_ APMIT, WISHES THEY
DID_GO TO EARTH...
ON AT LEAST THEN,
we’D KNOW.
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NEAR AS STRONG AS
YOU GUYS--BUT I JUST
LEN Le
Me KEEP ALOT OF
THE WEAPONS THEY

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EARTH IS
MY HOME, TOO--
AND I’M GOING TO
DO EVERYTHING I
CAN TO TAKE
OUT AS MANY ASSURE
VILTRUMITES YOU, I’LL DO
ASTI CAN. EVERYTHING
< I CAN
TO--

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SAVE EARTH
FROM THOSE

- AND THEN
I’M GOING TO
MAKE SWEET
LOVE TO YOUR
FACES IN
CELEBRATION.
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WORRY
ABOUT
OLIVER.

PROBABLY

7 I HATE THAT WE LEFT HIM

{ BEHIND. IN HIS CONDITION...
EED ON EART was
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
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ANOTHER ATTACK. ME, WORRYING
ABOUT HIM. THese \
DAMN HUMAN EMOTIONS, \>
BUT T IMAGINE I CAN'T SHAKE THEM.
WHEN HE AWAKENS I TOO AM CONCERNED
HE’S GOING TO BE FOR EARTH... YOUR
DISORIENTED-— MOTHER. I CAN'T
| TALESCRIA CAN BE AN HELP IT... 4
UNUSUAL PLACE--
AND HE’s THERE
‘N ONE. ~ were THESE
EMOTIONS ALWAYS
THERE, BURIED
UNDER THE SURFACE?
COULD EARTH HAVE
CHANGED ME
THIS MUCH?
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SON WASN’T
HERE TO
\ SEE THIS.

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DAD... WERE
YOU SAYING
SOMETHING? J?
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IMPORTANT.
GET AWAY
WINDOW.
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CLEAR YoUR Heap. SOMETHING
STOP THINKING
ABOUT WHAT MAY
BE HAPPENING
UNTIL WE
ACTUALLY KNOW
SOMETHING.
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TO “Teas COALITION. J
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INITIATIVE WILL
BE TO WAIT.
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MUCH ARE
HERE.
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YOU’VE DONE
ANYTHING TO
THIS PLANET...
TO THESE
PEOPLE...
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NOT ALONE I
ERE SUGGEST
: THAT WE
TALK, THE
THREE OF
Us.

CHOICE...
IAM
PLEASED. I HAVE THAT IS
COME TO OFFER ENOUGH TO
YOU A TRUCE. TEAR THIS PLANET
THERE ARE EXACTLY
THIRTY-SEVEN OF
US LEFT ALIVE,

AND IT
WOULD BE FAIR
RETALIATION
FOR WHAT YOU
BUT I WAS NOT
MADE GRAND
REGENT OF
THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE FOR
I WAS
REVENGE. MADE TO RULE IS NOTA
ENSURE THe
SURVIVAL OF
war
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N
OUR PEOPLE...
AND I HAVE
LEARNED...

SO IT IS OVER,
I OFFER OUR
SURRENDER,
UNDER ONE YOU TOOK
CONDITION. OUR PLANET...
NOW WEe’RE
GOING TO TAKE
YOURS.

WE ARE
ALREADY
HERE.
WE DO
NOT WISH
TO LEAve.

ARE YOU
INSANE? T’LL
NEVER--

BEFORE
YOU OVERREACT,
TAKE NOTICE OF

MAKE US LEAVE IF
YOU WANTED
TO.
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YOU. THE PEOPLE OF
EARTH WILL NOT EVEN
KNOW WE ARE HERE. | | |!
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CHILDREN’S CHILDREN WILL
JOIN OUR RANKS, THEIR
CHILDREN WILL HAVE
CHILDREN AND OUR RANKS
WILL SWELL WITH THE
4 INFUSION OF HUMAN DNA.

“YOU WILL ALLOW US

THE TIME TO RESTORE
OUR NUMBERS... TO
REBUILD OUR EMPIRE.”
THIS IS THE
ONLY WAY TO
ENSURE THE THOUGH THE
SURVIVAL OF THE TWO OF YOU WERE
VILTRUMITE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PEOPLE. THE DESTRUCTION
OF OUR HOME
WORLD, YOU WILL
WE WILL PROVIDE US WITH
RESTORE OUR OUR ULTIMATE
RANKS OVER THE SALVATION.
COURSE OF
THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
HUMAN DNA HAS BEEN
PROVEN TO MAKE NEAR
PERFECT HYBRIDS... SY REPRESENT THE
THE CLOSEST THING FUTURE OF OUR
PEOPLE, WHAT WE
WILL BECOME-—-
VILTRUMITES. WHAT WE MUST
BECOME IN
ORDER TO
SURVIVE.
 WHAT YOU ARE
PROPOSING... YOU
WANT US TO WAIT
AND RESUME OUR
FIGHT WHEN THERE
ARE MORE OF YOU--
AND YOU ARE
STRONGER?

TODAY
IS NOT
TOMORROW.

WE ARE IN
YOU KNOW A STALEMATE...
THE RESULTS DO NOT THINK
OF FIGHTING US THAT YOU HAVE
oes THE UPPER
HAND. YOU ARE
BACKED INTO A
THAT OFF UNTIL CORNER. MAKE
YOUR OFRE
THIS.
TOMORROW? DECISION.
STRIKE OUT
BLINDLY OR
SURRENDER
TO FIGHT
ANOTHER
DAY.

TO HAVE ,
YOU HERE, I CAN'T
HIDING UNDER LIVE UNDER
OUR NOSES... THE CONSTANT
POISED TO THREAT OF YOUR
STRIKE AT ANY "7 can’t N ATTACK--I CAN'T
MOMENT. sive wry ALLOW THESE
THAT. I PEOPLE TO BE
AT RISK LIKE di
THIS! TLLWON’T!
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CHOSEN
WISELY.
THE TRUTH
IS, BY ALLOWING
MYWE WORE WuILe \/ US
LIVE AMONG
TO LIVE HERE,
THE TWO OF YOU
YOU, NO HARM MAY VERY WELL
WILL COME TO YOUR HAVE BECOME
PEOPLE BY THE THE SAVIORS
HAND OF ANY OF OUR
VILTRUMITE. > PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE
SAVED THE
LIVES OF
EVERY LIVING
THING ON THIS
LANET.
I Leave
YOU WILL YOU.
NOT HEAR
FROM ME
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IMPOSSIBLE
TO KEEP UP
WITH YOU WHAT’S
GUYS. THE
WORD?

I Never
REALLY SAID
GOODBYE TO
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UNDERSTAND,
PAUL... I DON’T
WANT ANY OF
THIS CRAP.

THERE ARE TOO

MANY MEMORIES
ATTACHED.
YEAH, GOOD AND
BAD
IT DOES
UPSET ME. T
CAN ADMIT THAT
I MISS YOU A
LITTLE BIT.
THAT DOESN’T
CHANGE
THat’s THINGS.
NOT MY
FAULT
ANP YOU
KNOW
(T.

JUST COME
OVER TODAY
AND GET THIS
CRAP OR I’M
THROWING IT
AWAY.
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SAFE--
YOU’RE
Alive!

OH. MY
0D--
WHERE'S
OLIVER?
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MARK, YOU
SHOULD GO
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COMPANION--AND...
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY
UPSET OVER
THIS?!
YOU TOOK HOW MANY
ANOTHER ALIEN BUG
MATE... PEOPLE WERE
YOU SLEEPING
WITH BEFoRre
OLIVER CAME
ALONG?!

ANYWaY, He’S MY
EX-BOYERIEND Now.
WITH MARK GONE, I
JUST WASN'T THERE
FOR HIM AND
HE GOULDN’T--
SORRY TO
BARGE IN LIKE
THIS, We DETECTED
ATMOSPHERIC
PENETRATION,
THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE MARK
AND--

GAH’
SE Ve

NICE TO SEE YEAH, UH...

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CECIL. TOLD ME YOU’D
REFORMED... , .. REFLEX.

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THIS MEAN
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FOR YOUR RETURN. HE’S
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AND WITH MY POWERS
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SEEING YOU AGAIN,

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THINGS WITH PAUL

THAT YOU
A WORD OF WHAT
YOU SAID. HAVE FEELINGS

TO COME BACK
FROM THAT.

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AFTER SEEING
Me YOU COULD
NO LONGER
STAND TO BE WITH |
ANOTHER

DEBBIE,
PLEASE--
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TAKE BACK WHAT
I DIP TO YOU. T
UNDERSTAND THAT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT
I WAS MISGUIDED...
LOST... THERE WERE
SO MANY EMOTIONS... I HAD
CONFLICTING THOUSANDS OF
THOUGHTS... YEARS OF BELIEFS
TO OVERCOME, YOU
HAVE TO TRY AND
UNDERSTAND...

DON’T YOU ( I wish

UNDERSTAND }/ / EVERYTHING
THAT?! CY COULD GO BACK
TO THE WAY
IT WAS
BEFORE...

THINGS
WILL NEVER
GO BACK

+-BECAUSE
I WILL Never
LIE TO YOU
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WORK, BYE!
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TO seri BETWEEN
ANYWAY.

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HE'S BACK SURE HE’LL GET
FROM SPACE TO YOU. HE WANTED
AND HE HASN’T ee TO GO SEE HOW HIS
EVEN COME
TO SEE ME.
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GOOP PERSON n BUT...
I JUST CAN'T BE
AROUND THAT
MAN.
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CONQUEST.
we
DESTROYED
VILTRUM.

WE ENDED
THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE.
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OF THE COALITION OF PLANETS.

GREAT ALLEN, I
APOLOGIZE FOR MY
INTRUSION... BUT
THIS INFO TABLET
WAS DELIVERED

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ALLEN, IF YOU Ake THERE IS A SECRET

READING THIS, PASSAGE IN MY
THEN I AM DEAD. CHAMBER, I HAVE
MARKED ITS LOCATION
ON THIS BLUEPRINT.
FORGIVE MY ARROGANCE,
BUT IF I HAVE MET MY
END, I CAN ONLY ASSUME AS MY CHOSEN
THE WAR AGAINST THE SUCCESSOR, YOU
VILTRUMITES HAS TAKEN A SHOULD NOT HAVE
TURN FOR THE WORSE. DIFFICULTY
GAINING ACCESS.
THERE IS A WEAPON
THAT I REGRET TO I APOLOGIZE THAT
INFORM YOU I HAVE I HAD TO KEEP THIS
KEPT A SECRET. SECRET, BUT WITH
VILTRUMITES AS OUR
ALLIES, I HAD TO
CONSIDER THIS AS
A LAST RESORT.
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RAVAGED THE
VILTRUMITE
POPULATION...
NEARLY KILLED
THEM ALL.

THIS IS A STRONGER
STRAIN, PERFECTED...
IT WILL NOT FAIL
| THIS TIME.

IF THE WAR EFFORT APPEARS

LOST, I URGE YOU TO USE IT...
IGNORE YOUR ATTACHMENT
TO OUR VILTRUMITE ALLIES.

FOR THE GOOD OF

THE UNIVERSE.

ERADICATE ALL
VILTRUM LIFE...
FOREVER.

WHATEVER YOU DO,

MAKE CERTAIN THAT
I DID NOT DIE IN VAIN.
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WHY’? YOU HAVE
TO COME HOME
RIGHT NOW?

IT JUST
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AND I USED TO
BE REALLY
CLOSE.

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WHEN SHE
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Us.

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HATE BEING IN
THIS COSTUME. I
LOOK HORRIBLE, I
FEEL HORRIBLE. I
SHOULD HAVE
JUST FLOWN
OVER IN PLAIN
CLOTHES.

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YOU STOP
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THEIR PLANET AND THEY \—— =~ I SPENT MOST OF THE WAR
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THAT WAS THE END enpep peetTy THERE WHEN IT COUNTED, I
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ACTUALLY. TEN MONTHS SEEMED
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DID INTEND TO KILL ME, BLOWING MY COVER... I JUST LET HIM... I WOULD
BUT I WASN’T DEAD... AND THE IT’S SOMETHING I TRULY REGRET... HAVE ACTED
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FOR THE CRIME. EXCRUCIATING. TODAY.
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AT ALL.

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WAIT A MINUTE...
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ARE YOU
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WHY NOT GET WAIT A MINUTE...

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WHILE We’RE
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OLD TO BE ALREADY... ONLY GOING TO THE WAY. I’M THE MASTER
‘MISSING MY Be GONE SIX SICK OF MY BEDROOM.
MOMMY.” MONTHS, PARENTS’
TOPS.

NICE OF .
HER TO LEAVE
US THE HOUSE,
THOUGH.

FROM WHAT YOUR

MOM TOLD ME, IF
THAT’LL KEEP YOU
OUT OF A ROOM WE
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JUST STAY
OUTSIDE.

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SEX IN AND MY MOTHER }
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AND EXACTLY AT
DINNER TIME.
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IT’S GOOD
TO SEE YOU,
MARK.

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KINDS OF MESSED UP.

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WITH Me,
BY THE

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I GUESS Ve. ‘MISSED
YOU TWO
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THEN.

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HOUSE, WHICH WELL THIS AND END IN FOR A MINUTE.
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BEEN KIND OF REALLY KNEW REALLY. COMPLETELY
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ALL MY LIFE... YOU. EVE KNOWS. DEAL... ADMIT HOW
NOT WILLING SORRY TO WEIRD I THINK f
SPRING IT THIS IS?
ON YOU LIKE
THIS.

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IT’S STUPID, I’M DOING

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THINKING BACK TO ALL ALWAYS BEEN
OUR TIMES IN THE LOCKER EXTREMELY
ROOM AT GYM CLASS AND
US CHANGING TOGETHER
WHEN WE ROOMED
TOGETHER IN COLLEGE
AND IT’S... IT’S
STUPID, RIGHT?
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IT’S NOT LIKE
I’M ATTRACTED
TO EVERY WOMAN.
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IT’S STUPID EVERY MAN. _,
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THAT WENT ME FLYING
ABOUT LIKE I
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I’D RUN INTO SOMEONE
LIKE REX SPLODE,
I COULD HANDLE
THAT.

REX
SPLODE
IS DEAD.

JEEZ, I’M WELL, YOU

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NO IDEA. T... LOOK, REASONABLE
I SURRENDER GUY... SO, YOU
BUT...
OKAY? JUST-- DON’T HAVE TO WHAT EXACTLY
PLEASE DON’T WORRY ABOUT WAS THAT
PUNCH ME OR ME PUNCHING THING YOU
ANYTHING. YOU. POINTED AT
Me?

GRAVITY GUN.
IT WORKS LIKE MY \
BOOTS, IT DISTORTS A
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
AROUND THE AREA IT FIRES
INTO. THE BOOTS ALLOW ME
TO ALTER GRAVITY AROUND
ME ESSENTIALLY PULLING
ME TOWARP THE SURFACE
MY BOOTS ARE ON--THE
GUN SHOOTS A BEAM
OF GRAVITY THAT
PROPELS THINGS
IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION. u

PROBABLY
WOULPN’T DO
ANYTHING
TO YOU,
THOUGH.

PROBABLY NOT.
CAN I BE HONEST WITH
YOU? I DON’T EVEN KNOW
WHAT YOU DID. YOU PIP DO
SOMETHING WRONG, RIGHT?

I ROBBED A BANK, I’VE GOT WHERE WERE

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHEN I was |__| THIS IS JUST WEIRD,
IN BONDS HERE. ME. SO THE GETUP, PLANNING THIS L— YOU’RE NOT EVEN
NECESSARY INSIDE THE JOB? | FIGHTING BACK,
YOU SEEM SO...
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. OUTSIDE? EMBARRASSING. REASONABLE.
I MEAN, IF YOU’D
JUST BEEN WALKING
DOWN THE STREET WITH IT2 17M
A BRIEFCASE, I CURIOUS.
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ALONG TIME
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WHY DIDN’T YOU LI DIDN’T... I’M NOT A BAD STOP-- I’LL RETURN
JUST SELL IT SO PERSON, REALLY. I’M CALM THEM FOR YOU...

_—
YOU COULD BUY > SORRY THAT DOWN. AND WE’LL CALL
THE RING? IT EVEN.
OH, GOD--
I’M GOING
TO JAIL!

HANNA IS
NEVER
GOING
TO MARRY
Me Now!

YEAH. YOU DIDN'T GRAVITATOR? I WAS CLEARLY NEVER

B) =ACTUALLY HURT INVINCIBLE, I--I CAN’T SOUNDS LIKE CUT OUT FOR THIS
Il ANYONE. GO HOME, THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR A FLOATING LINE OF WORK.
SELL YOUR TECH... THIS--I CAN’T BELIEVE
MARRY YOUR YOU’RE DOING THIS
GIRL. FOR ME.

HAVE A THANK YOU!

GOOD LIFE.
BE HAPPY. EeMien

MY DAYS
AS GRAVITATOR
ARE OVER.

WELL, GO ON... I'VE GOT

ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO
THING E RUINED THe
LIVES AND WAN
TO KILL ME. EAN,
MAN. Z
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BUT UH... SOME GUY TO RETURN
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GUY WANTS OKAY. JUST
TO BE PATTED ON DON’T TELL
THE BACK FOR DOING ANYONE.
WHAT HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO
BE DOING ALL
ALONG.

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DIDITTOME CALL ME TO FOR I DON’T
GAIN. SAY HE WAS KNOW HOW a
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IT’S NOT THAT BAD.
HAVEN’T YOU
EVER SLEPT INA
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SERVICE. FROM LAS VEGAS. DOWN TO LESS
THAN FOUR
THERE’S
A BIG RED
GUY--
TEARING THE
WHOLE CITY

UNDERSTOOD--
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THE WAY!
 YOU? COME TO PLAY
THE HERO AGAIN, SO
THAT YOU CAN TRY TO

HELP YOU NO! You’D HELP THIS CITY IS \

DO WHAT?! ME EVACUATE LAS AN ABOMINATION
DESTROY ON THIS EARTH. IT
LAS VEGAS?! WAS NOT MEANT TO
Be HERE. A MAN-
MADE OASIS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A
NATURALLY
FORMED
pesert!
IN MINUTES,
THIS CITY WILL
BE NOTHING MORE
THAN A MEMORY--
BUT THESE
PEOPLE DON’T
HAVE TO DIE!
 IF YOU DON’T WANT WHILE I DO NOT FEEL
THESE PEOPLE TO THESE PEOPLE SHOULD
DIE--TELL ME HOW DIE, I’M AFRAID
THIS CITY IS BEING THIS CITY MUST!
DESTROYED
AND HELP ME
STOP IT!

I’VE HEARD
YOUR SPIEL--
YOU THINK YOU’RE
REALLY HELPING
PEOPLE, WELL...
DO IT!

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THE AREA WOULD BE

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ATTER,
NOTHING
DOES.
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LATE, MY

I--KNOW
YOU’RE
INSANE!
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I JUST THROW IT
INTO SPACE?

REDUNDANT? IT TAKES AT LEAST

HOW MANY OF FIFTY TO LEVEL THE
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MYSELF.
THEY’LL VAPORIZE
EVERYTHING.

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REALLY QUITE
OWERFUL, :
THIS WHOLE AREA | /
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SHEET OF
GLASS.

WHEN DO THEY
GO OFF? HOW
MUCH TIME DO
WE HAVE?!

WHILE I
SUSPECT I
COULD SURVIV
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CERTAIN.

PAINFUL.
MY PLAN
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MYSELF AS WELL.
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COULD DO.
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WASN’T YOUR
FAULT. YOU
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YOURSELF
FOR THIS.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS SOME OF THE OUTLYING WHILE HUNDREDS OF *

THAT THE AREA IS NOT AREAS OF THE CITY WERE THOUSANDS WERE
RADIOACTIVE, SO IT NOT REACHED, BUT EVACUATED IN THE
WAS SOME KIND OF WITHOUT THE CITY CENTER HOURS BEFORE THE
UNKNOWN EXPLOSIVE TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES TO EXPLOSION, THOUSANDS
DEVICE THAT CAUSED THEM, IT’S POSSIBLE ARE MISSING,
THE DESTRUCTION. THESE PEOPLE WILL ANP PRESUMED
NEED TO ABANPON DEAP.
THEIR HOMES.

I’VE JUST LEARNED AN

IMPORTANT PIECE OF
INFORMATION. EYE WITNESS
REPORTS ARE COMING IN
FROM THE EVACUATED
POPULATION. COULP THIS
PERSON’S
INVOLVEMENT
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WE’RE HEARING DEVASTATION?
/ FROM MULTIPLE
SOURCES THAT PURING
THE RAMPAGE OF
DINOSAURUS A
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WITH INVINCIBLE,
BUT THIS
JUST ISN’T
ACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR.

I KNOW... I’M
SORRY, KINETIC.
IT’S JUST, IL WASN’T
READY FOR THIS. I’M THANKFUL
WHEN INVINCIBLE THAT YOU GUYS
DISAPPEARED FOR HAVE TAKEN ME IN, Me CECIL RELEASED US ALL FROM CUSTODY
SO LONG, I ALLOWED ME TO JOIN TOGETHER. HE THOUGHT YOU WOULD
THOUGHT IT THE ACTIONEERS... =— MAKE A GOOD ADDITION TO
WAS OVER. AND I’M REALLY p Ww OUR TEAM.
TRYING TO CONTROL / :
WE'VE ALL
MYSELF. GOT TROUBLED PASTS...
WE WERE ALL VAMPIRES
FOR A WHILE FOR
HEAVEN’S SAKE.*
rm Somey ie 7 CECIL WORKS
I STARTLED WITH INVINCIBLE...
HE CAN’T BE AS
BAD AS YOU
SbY.

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sister! HE KILLED MY
a: WIFE AND SON! HE’S
RESPONSIBLE FOR
x COUNTLESS DEATHS
ANP UNTOLD /
Vv DESTRUCTION!
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I’M JUST...
IT’S HARD FOR
ME TO LET GO.
I KNOW WHAT
I NEED TO
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THAT GO? Y GLOBAL DEFENSE
AGENCY ARE SUPPOSED
TO PROTECT THE WORLD.
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THEM... AND NOW I
COULDN’T STOP THE
DESTRUCTION OF A
MAJOR CITY.

I COULD
SEE IT IN THEIR
EYES... THE
BLAME, THE
CONDEMNATION.

I’M
USUALLY
THE ONE
GRIPING AT I
THEM. I DON’T /
LIKE THIS.

I’M SURE IT’S IT’S JUST GOT ME

NOT THAT BAD. THINKING ABOUT
YOU’RE EVERYTHING. WHAT
READING INTO WE’RE DOING...
THINGS. INVINCIBLE, INC...
FIGHTING BAD
UYS...
STOP
BEATING
YOURSELF
UP. TO HELP
PEOPLE...
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HAVING A HARD
TIME WITH THIS
ONE... YOU CAN
SEE IT IN HIS
EYES.

YOU’LL FEEL
LESS SORRY FOR
HIM WHEN YOU’VE
BEEN CHOKED
BY HIM AS MANY
TIMES AS T
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THE FACT REMAINS, ARE WE REALLY ENTERTAINING NO, AND OF

HE’S A ROGUE FOR A SECOND THAT THIS COURSE I DON’T
ELEMENT. HIS LITTLE WAS IN SOME WAY ACTUALLY BLAME
SIDE BUSINESS WITH
.lE THIS IS HIS FAULT? INVINCIBLE FOR
THE KIND OF LAS VEGAS.
aEUPERHERO. HAVE YOU
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WHOLE TIME I’M GONE... WHICH
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OUT OF THE HOUSE. LOOKING
FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU
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DUDES DON’T
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THEM INTO GOT YOUR
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FIRST TO ADMIT
THAT YOU DID
SOME BAD STUFF.
REALLY BAD STUFF.
YOU ALMOST
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PEOPLE.

BUTI
DON’T KNOW
THAT THE
ANSWER IS
KEEPING YOU
HERE... WHAT
DOES THAT
ACCOMPLISH?

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IT--YOUR WORLD IS
IN DANGER, IT NEEDS
POWER--YOU’VE
GOT PEOPLE
DYING. YOU’RE
DESPERATE.

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HERE TO HELP
PEOPLE, YOUR
PEOPLE, BUT STILL--
IT COUNTS. WHAT
I’M SAYING
IS, YOU’RE NOT
EvIL.

YOU’RE '
DESPERATE.

YOU JUST WANT TO LET ME BE CLEAR.

SAVE YOUR PLANET... I— I COULD GET YOU
IF YOU COULD DO SET FREE, AND ALSO
THAT WITHOUT SOMEHOW HELP YOU--
HURTING ANYONE... $0 THAT YOU COULD
GO BACK TO YOUR
HOME WORLD...

WOULP YOU
COOPERATE
WITH ME, WITHOUT
FIGHTING ME OR
TRYING TO KILL ME...
OR ANYONE ON
THIS PLANET?
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I WAS GOING
TO KEEP HER INSTEAD, WE’RE
LOCKED UP, GIVING HER ENOUGH
WHAT-- ENERGY TO GET
FOREVER? HOME, AND HELP
HER PEOPLE FORA
LIMITED AMOUNT OF
TIME--AND IT’S
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COUPLE HUNDRED
MILLION IN
ELECTRICITY.

IT’S A SIMPLE PLAN. ROLLING

BLACKOUTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN TEN MINUTE INTERVALS,
> FEED HER THE JUICE
INSTEAD.

ANYONE--
JUST
HELPS.

THINK OF IT.
YOU DID.

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WERE SCARED
OF HER. THAT’S A
PROBLEM.

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LOOKS Like
SHE’S ALMOST
DONE, I’LL NEED
TO ESCORT
HER TO THE
NEXT POWER
STATION.

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BY THE PENTAGON

WITH HER... I’D

LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU.

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GUY. DUDE INSIDE ME--
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WHAT I BID
TO VEGAS...
LIKE... SUCKS. SURRENDER
IT TOTALLY AND STUFF.
SUCKS.

IT WAS VERY I DON’T WANT TO BE

HEROIC OF YOU TO TIED TO THE FLOOR OR
TURN YOURSELF NOTHING. I WANT TO
IN. WE’RE VERY BE TAKEN CARE OF.
GRATEFUL-- I’M NOT EvIL OR
ANYTHING.

THING INSIDE
ME. SO I SAY,
LOCK ME UP--
BUT DON’T LIKE...
PUNISH Me.
OKAY?

I’M SURE WE CAN NO, BUT I DID FIGURE

MAKE SOME KIND OF OUT WHAT MAKES ME
ARRANGEMENTS... CHANGE INTO HIM... I
SOMETHING TO KEEP FELT IT COMING ON
YOU ENTERTAINED, BEFORE I ESCAPED
COMFORTABLE. LAST TIME.
IT’S LIKE,
I DON’T KNOW
DO YOU THE WORD--
HAVE ANY IDEA IT’S WHEN YOU
HOW YOU CAME FEEL LIKE... YOU
TO BE THE WAY JUST DON’T
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CREATED THIS STUFF.
DINOSAURUS
PERSONALITY 2

INDIFFERENCE? 2 NO, THAT’S NOT IT. IT’S

WHEN YOU’RE LIKE
“OH, WELL” AND YOU
DON’T HAVE LIKE...
AN OPINION ON
THAT’S CALLED
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IT’S DEFINITELY HOW I’D
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REALLY A GLORIFIED I REALLY MISSED
DISPATCHER, BUT MY WHEN WE WERE
DRONES GOULD BE RULING
ASSISTING IN THE FLAXAN
BATTLE AS EMPIRE.
WELL. LI THINK IT
WILL GIVE ME
PURPOSE. ARE YOU...
ADJUSTING
WELL?

EVERYTHING
IS SO...
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Now...
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IS NEVER
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I THINK I BELIeve
YOU’VE BEEN
: BROUGHT UP TO
RELAX, I SPEED ON THE
JUST WANT VARIOUS THINGS THAT
TO TALK. HAPPENED WHILE
YOU WERE GONE... AND
YOU’VE WITNESSED
FIRST HAND JUST HOW
BAD THINGS ARE
OUT THERE.

YEAH. IT WAS ALWAYS WHAT I’M GETTING AT, I’M NOT

DANGEROUS... BUT... I IS... I'D JUST LIKE TO WEARING AN
COULD STAND TO HAVE KNOW IF I CAN COUNT we’ve EARPIECE ANY
A FEW MORE BANK ON YOU... IF I HAD OUR TIME SOON,
ROBBERS AND ALOT NOT TO NEED YOU. DIFFERENCES IN THOUGH...
LESS DESTROYED MAKE THE PAST, BUT IN FACT,
CITIES... LIGHT OF YOU KNOW I I’VE BEEN
THINGS... WOULPN’T TURN THINKING...
AWAY FROM A
SITUATION WHERE
I was
NEEDED.
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SEE A TIME WHEN
I’M NOT EVEN
WEARING
THE COSTUME
ANYMORE.

DRESSING
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GUYS... I MEAN,
IT HAS ITS PLAGE,
BUT T’VE RECENTLY
BEEN LOOKING
AT THINGS...
DIFFERENTLY.

LIKE
UNIVERSA
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SOMETHING... SHE’S
NO LONGER
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THINK.

THAT SEEMS THAT THING IS HOW CAN YOU BE SO

A MANIAC. CERTAIN? EVERYONE
NOTHING WOULD WANTS SOMETHING...
| MAYBE GET THROUGH AND THESE GUYS
IF I’D TRIED ARE JUST TRYING
A DIFFERENT TO GET IT.
APPROACH
WITH I DON’T
DINOSAURUS... AGREE WITH HIS
METHODS, BUT
FROM WHAT HE SAYS,
DINOSAURUS THINKS
HE’S ACTUALLY
HELPING
HUMANITY.
I THINK
THERE
MIGHT BE
SOMETHING
TO THAT...

THAT’S AN
ARGUMENT
FOR ANOTHER
TIME,
THEN.

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We’RE ON
SPEAKING
4 ERMS AGAIN,
I FIGURE IT’S
BEST TO JUST
TELL YOU
THINGS UP
FRONT THAT I
FEEL MIGHT
UPSET
YOU.

DON’T BE
ALARMED,
BUT...
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ARE THINGS
I’ve BEEN
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THIS IS THE KIND OF THING IS AMAZING, AND
THAT USUALLY SETS BUILDING THEM OVER
SUPER-HUMAN BODIES...
IT WAS JUST TOO GOOD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PASS UP, AND...
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THAT POINT ON, I WAS JUST SORT THE TRASH OUT--DRAGGING TWO BIG JUMPING OFF THE ROOF WOULD REALLY
OF COUNTING THE PAYS UNTIL MY BAGS. LIKE EVERY DAY I’D DONE IT BE A GOOD WAY TO FORCE MYSELF TO
POWERS KICKED IN... I WAS EXCITED BEFORE, I USED ALL MY MIGHT--IN NATURALLY LEARN THAT ABILITY. I
AT FIRST, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THE HOPES THAT THE BAG WOULD WAS ONLY ONE STORY UP, SO THE FALL
I JUST STOPPED THINKING MAKE IT UP INTO THE DUMPSTER. WOULDN’T HURT ME TOO BAD. I WAS
ABOUT IT. I KIND OF AFTER I THREW IT, IT SOARED PLAYING IT SAFE, STILL--WHEN I
GAVE UP. HIGH INTO THE AIR, DISAPPEARING NOTICED I WAS ACTUALLY HOVERING
FROM SIGHT--AND I KNEW, NEXT TO MY ROOF AFTER JUMPING
RIGHT THEN... I’D FINALLY OFF, I WAS TOTALLY
GOTTEN MY POWERS. RELIEVED.
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TO THE POINT THAT GREATER
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OVER THIS PLANET,
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HOMES... AN
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REMOTELY--
NO, THIS ISN’T
THE TIME FOR
THIS. WHAT T’M
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IS BEING BUILT, ISN’T IT? I THINK, IF WE WERE TO
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MASSES... A BETTER DO THINGS THAT ACTUALLY
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DIFFERENCE. WITHOUT KILLING
MUCH ANYONE. IF YOU’D BE
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THAN SAVING ME HELP YOU-- SO
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TO REALIZE HOW I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’RE--
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I’M PROBABLY GETTING OUT OF HERE
MAKING HERE. WITHOUT MY HELP
WON’T BE EASY.

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YOU HAVENT THE PLANET IS SO DISTANT

HEARD FROM WE CAN’T SEND OR RECEIVE
THEM? HOW DO TRANSMISSIONS. IF OUR
YOU KNOW THEY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT,
HAVEN’T FOUND THE AND THEY TRAVELED THERE
VILTRUMITES AND AND CAME STRAIGHT BACK...
BEEN KILLED BY THEY WOULD HAVE
THEM, HOW LONG RETURNED A FEW
HAVE THEY DAYS AGO.
BEEN AWAY?
IF WE
DON’T HEAR
FROM THEM
SOON, T’LL
SEND--

I’M SORRY TO
INTERRUPT, GREAT
ALLEN, BUT THERE’S
A TOP PRIORITY
TRANSMISSION
COMING IN FROM
THE EDGE OF
BROADCAST
 ANP YOU aes
JUST LEFT THEM
WANT TO LET
THEM STAY
THERE?

IT WAS AN
AGREEMENT,

CHOICE.

I DON’T WE’LL HAVE TO DISCUSS

KNOW HOW WE CAN’T IT’S DONE, ALLEN. THIS MORE IN PERSON.
I Feel JUST LEAVE THEY’RE ON EARTH-- I’M UNPER ALOT OF
THEM THERE. THEY’RE ALL OVER THE PRESSURE HERE FROM
THE MEMBERS OF
THE COALITION
DOOM THAT ENTIRE ANP... WHEN
CIVILIZATION. DO YOU
ARRIVE?
WAS MADE.
YOU NEED
TO HONOR
IT.

WE WILL HOURS?
ARRIVE INA We’LL BE IN
OUR QUARTERS
IF YOU NEED
Us.

TO RECEIVE
™ YOU THEN.
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TRYING SOME
SUPERHEROING PRETTY
ON TALESCRIAZ MUCH THE
SAME THING
HAPPENED TO
Me. WE’RE
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A BAD IDEA,
BUT HEAR Me
OUT--

BAD IDEA?! IT’S A

HORRIBLE IDEA! YOU PROPOSE I SHARE YOUR CONCERN, BUT
WE HAD THE WE LEAVE THEM WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YEARS--
VILTRUMITES ON ALONE--ON DECADES OF LIVING WITH
THE RUN-- EARTH, WHICH IS HUMANS IN ORDER TO
THEIR RANKS ESSENTIALLY ADD TO THEIR RANKS.
DEPLETED! A BREEDING
CAMP!

LOOK WHAT
THAT DID FOR
Me. I’M CONFIDENT FORGIVE ME
IT COULD TRANSFORM IF I DON’T SHARE
MY PEOPLE... IT COULD YOUR OPTIMISTIC
BRING THE PEACE WE’VE IMPRESSION OF
BEEN FIGHTING FOR. YOUR PEOPLE.

I’VE GOT COUNTLESS

PLANETARY SYSTEMS
TO REPORT TO, THEY [SSN
RELY ON ME FOR THEIR
PROTECTION.

I’VE GOT
ALOT TO
CONSIDER.
PLEASE...
IT WAS UNSETTLING Y
TO SEE HIM THAT

I HAVE A BOND...
THIS SITUATION
ON EARTH...
IT HAS ME
. CONCERNED. “\

YOUR
PEOPLE ARE
VERY GOOD

T’LL NEED TO
e BUY A BED
—_| FOR YOUR ROOM
TOMORRO
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(\ CAN JUST
: a 7 \\ SLEEP ON THE
Sa | DP. CouCH.
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OF TROUBLE.

ANYTHING WILL BE
BETTER THAN STAYING Y WELL, YOU
WITH ALLEN AND TELIA. y ' WON’T HAVE
I HEARD vee Ne j Pe, oy TO WORRY
AT THAT PLACE... ABOUT THAT
HERE...
AND I
MEAN... UGH...
EVERYTHING.
 BED, ALLEN.
IT’S LATE.
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?

TELIA, I... LTHAVE

TO DO SOMETHING
HORRIBLE...
FOR THE SAKE OF
THE UNIVERSE.

I MEAN, sae
YOU’RE THE
HEAD OF THE
COALITION OF
PLANETS...
THAT’S WHAT
YOU DO...
 ALLEN OOH, SORE
AND TELIA SUBJECT.
TAKE CARE YOU'RE NO
OF YOU LONGER A CHILD.
WHILE T WAS DULY NOTED. I KIND
AWAY? OF DO. IT’S...
BETTER THAN
ON MY EARTH IN ALOT OF
MOTHER’S WAYS. PEOPLE SEEM
PLANET--1’D BE MORE AWARE OF THE
AN ELDER, HELL-- UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE.
I’D BE MONARCH THE PEOPLE SEEM
BY NOW. THEY MUCH MORE
“TOOK CARE OF ME” ENLIGHTENED... I...
AS MUCH AS YOU NEVER CARED
WOULD NEED TO
“TAKE CARE” OF
AN ADULT.
OH? LT
DON’T KNOW
THAT YOU
SPENT ENOUGH
TIME THERE,
THEN. THERE’S
ALOT TO
LIKE.

WHEN WAS
THE LAST WAR
THAT TOOK PLACE
ON THIS PLANET--
THAT ONLY INVOLVED
PEOPLE ON THIS
PLANET? THE FACT
THAT THE PEOPLE
ON EARTH STILL
FIGHT EACH OTHER...
(IT’S JUST...
STUPID.

I’D WAGER
YOU AND MARK
CARE FOR EARTH
FAR MORE THAN
MOST ry fiesON

DO YOU
THINK THAT’S
A BAD
THING?
 BEFORE '
HE DIED...
THAEDUS TOLD
YOU ABOUT
THE SCOURGE
VIRUS...

IT’S NO
LONGER
THERE.

I’M SORRY, THIS

IS GOING TO GET
UGLY, BUT IT JUST
COULDN’T DO THIS
WITHOUT TELLING
YOU FIRST. ¢vaLvE
OUR
FRIENDSHIP
TOO MUCH.

IT’S BEING
LOADED ON A
SHIP, THAT I AM
PERSONALLY
GOING TO TRAVEL
TO EARTH IN... WHERE T
WILL THEN INTRODUCE
THE VIRUS INTO
THE PLANET’S
ATMOSPHERE.
YOU CAN’T GO
ITH HOW IS THAT ANY
DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THE
VILTRUMITES DID
‘ON UNOPAZ

THIS WOULD
PREVENT
ANYTHING LIKE
THAT FROM EVER
HAPPENING
AGAIN. IN OF
THE LIVES IT
WOULD SAVE A
HUNDRED--
THOUSAND
YEARS FROM NOW?
COUNTLESS LIVES
SAVED--EONS
OF PEACE.

ALLEN...
YOU CAN’T
DO THIS.
 I KNEW
YOU’D MAKE YOU CAN’T
ME DO THIS! T SEE THINGS
KNEW YOU’D THE WAY TI Do.
STAND YOUR TIME WITH
AGAINST THE VILTRUMITE
Me! EMPIRE HAS
SCARRED
You!

YOU FEEL
LIKE IF YOU TAKE
ONE STEP BACK
TOWARD THAT
LIFE--YOU WON’T
COME BACK!

BUT I LEAD
THE COALITION
NOW! I HAVE TO
PROTECT MILLIONS
OF LIVES! SOMETIMES
THESE KINDS OF
DECISIONS HAVE
TO BE MADE!

THAEDUS
KNEW THAT!
He's THE ONE ‘
HO PUT THIS ,
PLAN INTO MOTION! grind i.
HE JUST DIPN’T © one pLace--
KNOW HOW EASY & CAN’T YOU
IT WOULD BE SEE WHAT AN
TO CARRY ¥& oproRrTUNITY
a ° THAT IS?

WE HAVE

I WON’TLET ®
YOU STAND IN
MY WAY--WHEN
I’M DONE, YOU
WON’T BE ABLE
TO STAND
AT ALL!
PQ
BUT IN TIME, -
YOU’LL HEAL--
ANP HOPEFULLY,
WHEN ALL OF THIS
IS DONE, YOU’LL
REALIZE I HAD
NO CHOICE...
 OLIVER--
WAIT! I CAN
EXPLAIN,
JUST--

ALLEN!
MY GOD--
THE
WHAT

YOU CAN
EXPLAIN
WHY YOU’ReE
BEATING MY
FATHER TO

we) <
PLEASE,
DO THEAT--
WHIL I
TEAR YOU
APART!
 SLOW DOWN
THERE, KIDDO.
JUST GIVE ME
A MINUTE--
HEAR ME
OUT.

I TRIED
REASONING
WITH YOUR
DAD AND--

YOu :
CALL THAT
REASONING2!
FUNNY!
mM HERE’SMY §
ATTEMPT! fl

THIS SEEM ;
REASONABLE?!

DID YOU HEAR ME

TALKING TO TELIA OR
eS SOMETHING?! THIS
ry KIND OF INJURY HURTS
UNOPANS IMMENSELY --
NOT COOL!

I DON’T
EVEN KNOW IF
YOUR ANATOMY
COMPARES TO
MINE--YOU HAVE
NO IDEA HOW
MUCH THIS--

SHUT UP!
VILTRUMITES
HAVE BALLS--

AND I THING
YOU’RE ABOUT
TO SEE HOW
BIG...
 a
Se

ABOUT
TIME THEY
SHOWED
UP.
 LET Me TRY
THIS AGAIN
WHILE THE
THREAT OF MY
SOLDIERS HAS
YOU WILLING
TO LISTEN.

>
ae /,

IF L RELEASE THE SCOURGE

VIRUS ON EARTH--IT’S NOT
ONE-HUNPRED PERCENT
CERTAIN THAT IT WILL
AFFECT THE HUMAN
POPULATION THERE. IT’S
POSSIBLE...BUT
THAT'S IT.
oS yp I’M SORRY,
BUT--THAT’S A
RISK WORTH
TAKING. IF THAT
VIRUS CAN WIPE OUT
THE VILTRUMITES
ONCE AND FOR ALL--
RID THE UNIVERSE
IF YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS...
REALLY CONSIDER
WHAT IS AT STAKE
HERE, YOU'LL
SEE THAT I’M

YOU HAVE A VIRUS

THAT COULP KILL
ALL VILTRUMITES?
ANP YOU... WANT
TO RELEASE IT
ON EARTH.

YES, AND
BECAUSE OF OUR
SIMILAR GENETIC
MAKE-UP... IT’S VERY
LIKELY THAT IT COULD
WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE
HUMAN POPULATION
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ANOMALY. THERE > am He IL LIVeD AMONG
WOULD HAVE Ber I WAS VIOLENT, UNTIL I © . . ; Teo Tey Lee
Me APART EROM So RUTHLESS, ITWAS @ WENT TO é WAITING FOR MY
ANY OTHER OUR WAY OF LIFE. ‘} is MOMENT TO STRIKE,
y = VILTRUMITE. WAITING For MARK
= . NS TO PROVE WHETHER
OR NOT HUMAN PNA
MATCHED
PERFECTLY WITH
VILTRUMITE’S.

THAT TIME CHANGED

Me. I HARDLY EVEN
REALIZED IT AT THE
TIME. THE AFFECTION
SHOWN FOR THOSE WHEN THE
AROUND THEM, THOSE TIME CAME TO
THEY... LOVE. T COMPLETE MY
PRETENDED... MISSION, IT COULDN’T
UNTIL I WASN’T DO IT... I WAS
PRETENDING DIFFERENT. EARTH
ANYMORE. HAD Cu Neey

NOW WHAT I CAN’T HELP

REMAINS OF MY BUT THINK THE
PEOPLE ARE EXISTING SAME THING THAT
ON EARTH, AS I DID, HAPPENED TO ME...
AND FORA WILL HAPPEN TO
LONGER PERIOD ALL OF THEM.
OF TIME. :

AND WHAT IF THAT DOESN’T

HAPPEN? WE WILL HAVE
SQUANDERED OUR ONLY
CHANCE TO RID OURSELVES
OF THIS THREAT TO OUR A
ENTIRE UNIVERSE. HAVE YOU
FORGOTTEN WHAT
YOUR PEOPLE ARE
CAPABLE OF? OUR
EFFORTS TO DESTROY
THEM IN THE
RECENT WAR?

I’M CONFUSED,
MY FRIEND. ARE
YOU TRYING TO
SAVE THE INNOCENT
PEOPLE OF EARTH...
OR YOUR VILTRUMITE
BRETHREN?

WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT

THE PEOPLE OF EARTH Sage rae
IS TRUE OF MY MOTHER, > ay
AND VERY FEW OTHERS. : we? YOU BELIEve
I HAVE READ THE ENTIRETY ba - VILTRUMITES WILL
OF THEIR WRITTEN HISTORY... : LEARN FROM THEM,
MY OPINION OF THEM i ee AND BE MADE
DIFFERS FROM YOURS... ; my BETTER BY IT. I’M
SUBSTANTIALLY. ‘ THEY'RE ard ee
Py ASSHOLES. THEY ah One
CARE ONLY FOR TAKING - ¥
WHAT THEY DON’T HAVE
FROM THOSE THAT DO.
THEY’RE A SMALL AND
PETTY PEOPLE WHO ARE
NEARLY AS ADDICTED
TO VIOLENCE AS
OUR RACE IS.
 mr You're NOT Re
MB THINKING gan
R CLEARLY! eae
4 YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS OVER,
_ NOLAN. ity
 WELL, THAT “SE
WAS TOUCHING...
YOU HAVE
CHANGED. af

STILL, THOUGH...
I’M CONVINCEP
YOU’RE AN ANOMALY.
I JUST CAN’T SEE
GRAND REGENT THRAGG
MARRYING A NICE
LITTLE HUMAN WOMAN
AND SETTLING
DOWN.

YOU COME *
FROM AN
IRREDEEMABLE
RACE OF GENOCIDAL
MANIACS... DON’T
FORGET WHAT’S
AT STAKE.

3
 LET HIM GO, HE’S
IN NO SHAPE TO
PURSUE US ON HIS
OWN. I’M SORRY, I
KNOW THAT WAS HARD
TO SEE. I WAS TRYING
TO SUBDPUE HIM
WITHOUT HURTING
» HIM TOO BADLY... BUT
I GOULD ONLY
HOLD BACK $0
MUCH... ,..

, I COULD
allover HELL : USE YOUR HELP
SEETHATWE EITHER CONVINCING
WERE RIGHT.I & THEN y ee oe
i hae py
GO BACKeg
TO RESTRAINING
on
NORMAL.
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 ti a
MII
4
WN
HAS
PASSED.
 HOW LONG
DID YOU WAIT
TO TELL ME ABOUT
THIS?! THESE ARE
MY FRIENDS! THEY
COULD HAVE BEEN
KILLED! SOME OF
THEM MIGHT
ALREADY BE
peap!

THOSE
IRRIGATION
CHANNELS YOU
WERE DIGGING
WERE FAR MORE
IMPORTANT IN
THE GRAND
, SCHEME OF
i THINGS.

I ONLY
ALERTED YOU
WHEN IT
WAS CLEAR
We’D BE
NEEPEP.
 MORTALS TO
SLAUGHTER!

DOES THE
ARMY OF
DEFEATED ENEMIES
AT MY FEET NOT
GIVE YOU PAUSE
TO FACE ME IN
BATTLE?! ‘

YOU ONLY
DELAY TH
PLEASURE T WILL
TAKE IN DRAINING

MOMENTS
THEIR DOOMED
Lives!

VALIANT EFFORT--
BUT AS WITH ALL
MY OPPONENTS,
IT ENDS IN
TRAGEDY.

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JUST--
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UNHARMED,
STRANGELY.
 I’M TRULY SORRY,
INVINCIBLE, BUT DUE
TO YOUR CURRENT
STATUS AS A FUGITIVE,
I NEED TO REQUEST YOU
ANP DINOSAURUS
SURRENDER.

ARE YOU
KIDDING?

TI THINK
WHAT YOU
MEAN TO SAY IS
THANK YOU.
WERE YOU
NOT PAYING
S ATTENTION?

WE JUST
SAVED THE

POTENTIALLY, YES. AND

I IMAGINE THAT WILL
GRANT THE TWO OF YOU
SOME LENIENCY. BUT IN
LIGHT OF DINOSAURUS’
PAST ACTIONS AND YOUR
EFFORTS TOWARD
RELEASING HIM...

+L HAVE
TO INSIST YOU YEAH...
ACCOMPANY US THAT’S
BACK TO THE GOING TO
PENTAGON FOR HAPPEN.
DETAINMENT. AT
LEAST UNTIL THIS
IS SORTED
OUT.

“S \.
& A iff 2& WN y

9\ Cale
ry \\

I’M SORRY
IT’S TAKEN ME WORKING WITH
THIS LONG TO DOING?! THE MADMAN WHO
SEE YOU... THEY’VE BLEW UP LAS VEGAS--
BEEN WATCHING
THE HOUSE. I I KNOW YOU WERE
HAVEN’T BEEN TAKING THAT HARD, BUT
ABLE TO-- I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WAS SCREWING
YOU UP THIS
BADLY.

I UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU COULD SEE IT
THAT WAY, BUT THAT’S
NOT IT AT ALL. AS
WRONG AS DINOSAURUS
WAS TO DO THAT--WHAT

I KNOW
IT’S HARD TO
SEE, BUT He’S
CHANGING THE WORLD
FOR THE BETTER. MORE
THAN WE EVER DID
WITH OUR SILLY
COSTUMES AND
OUR FISTS.
I RARELY EVER
USED MY FISTS
ANP WHAT WE DO
HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ABOUT
HELPING YEAH, THE
PEOPLE. PERSON GETTING
CHASED OR ATTACKED...
THAT INDIVIPUAL, OR
SMALL GROUP--
WHATEVER THE CASE
WAS. THE SCALE
was ALWAYS SMALLER
THAN IT SHOULP
> Be.

pinosaurus’ N
IDEAS ARE GOOD,
BUT HIS WAY OF
CARRYING THEM
OUT... THAT
WAS THE
PROBLEM.

y I THINK 17M
ABLE TO FIX THAT...
AND I HAVE BEEN
ALREADY. WE’vE BEEN
HELPING PEOPLE ON A
LARGER SCALE--
THINGS LIKE WHAT
WE DID IN AFRICA.
 THAT'S IT COULD, I KNOW. BUT
THE PLAN ARE YOU SURE THE BENEFITS THAT I’M SORRY, BUT
EVENTUALLY. ABOUT THIS? I COULD COME FROM Me YOUR LAST ATTEMPT
MEAN, WHAT DIRECTING DINOSAURUS’ TO STOP HIM DIDN’T
BUTI YOU'RE DOING CRAZY PLANS COULD GO SO WELL.
DON’T OUITE HERE? BE WORTH
TRUST HIM. THE RISK,
HE DOESN’T
KNOW ABOUT EWI TES
YOU--OR WHO REALLY
I ne eal BACKFIRE FOR
PLACE. sits “tDONT
APPROVE
OF.

SOTHEN YOUKNOW &

EXACTLY WHAT I’M
RISKING HERE... ANP THAT F
I’VE CONSIDERED I’M PRETTY
WHAT’S AT STAKE... MUCH A WANTED
AND IT KNOW WHAT = MAN AT THIS POINT.
I’M DOING. |, I WOULDN’T BE
—<[ BOING ALL THIS IF
I DIDN’T BELIEVE IT
WAS WORTH IT...
BUT ALSO IF T
DIPN’T BELIEVE I

YOU’RE IN WAS OUT DEALING SPEAKING OF THAT... IT’S NOT HIGH

COSTUME? WITH KILLCANNON. INVINCIBLE, INC. IS ON MY LIST OF
I HAVE A WHOLE PRETTY MUCH IN THE PRIORITIES... EA ANYTHING
LIFE OF MY OWN, TOILET. CECIL HASN’T BUT WE SHOULD PX RASH.
YOU KNOW. MADE YOUR OUTLAW DO SOMETHING
STATUS PUBLIC JUST ABOUT oe
YET... BUT I’VE
HAD TO SUSPEND
SERVICE.

Wwe’RE
LOSING
CLIENTS.
 my I DON’T HAVE DINOSAURUS
{| WITH ME. YOU WOULDN’T
\ OUTRIGHT ATTACK ME
UNLESS YOU KNEW YOU
I DIDN’T COULD GET HIM, 4
BRING A
SQUAPRON OF
T00.
aa Py; AND
- I FIGURED
YOU WERE
ouLp MONITORING
HAVE
THE PLACE. I
ACTUALLY WANT
I DIDN’T
SEND IN THE
GUARDIANS
OF THE GLOBE...
WHICH I COULD
HAVE EASILY
DONE.

CRAZY.

YOU SAW THAT SOLAR PANEL MARK... MY GOD, ONE

ARRAY... YOU BUILT IT. YOU MINUTE YOU IMPRESS
CAN’T ARGUE THAT IT WON’T ME WITH YOUR PLANNING
HELP PEOPLE. IT’S GOING OF THIS MEETING,
TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES, THINKING ONE STEP AHEAD
AND HELP THE WHOLE .OF ME... AND THE NEXT...
PLANET... AND IT COULD YOU COULDN’T
LEAD TO MORE SOUND MORE...
LIKE IT.

DINOSAURUS
DID THAT. HE DID
A HORRIBLE,
UNFORGIVABLE THING
TO ACCOMPLISH IT--
BUT HIS REASONING I
WAS SOUNP. GUIDESateHIM,
PREVENT HIM
FROM CARRYING
OUT HIS PLANS IN A
WAY THAT HURTS
PEOPLE... AND HE
CAN HELP ME DO
THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY HELP
PEOPLE...
THINGS THAT
MATTER.
 I’VE GOT THIS YOU ONCE
UNDER CONTROL. TOLD ME THAT
I KNOW EXACTLY VILTRUMITE
WHAT I’M WOMAN--ANISSA
PROMISED TO
GIVE THIS PLANET
TECHNOLOGY
THAT WOULD
IMPROVE ALL
OUR LIVES... IF
ONLY YOU JUST
ALLOWED
THEM TO TAKE
OVER.

YOU
DIDN’T TRUST
THEM... WHAT’S
DIFFERENT

YOUR FRIEND We’LL CHAT

WITH THE EYE SOME OTHER
TIME. T’M
EARTH’S ORBIT. GOING. CALL
ANY CLUE WHAT TEAM. THEY’LL OFF YOUR
TEAM.
wow, THEY’VE YEAH, THEY I DON’T MEAN
GOT YOU BACK GREW MY SKIN TO INTERRUPT
IN ONE PIECE-- ¥ OVER NEW THIS REUNION, § WHERE’S
YOU’D NEVER MECHANICAL BUT We’RE
KNOW ANYTHING ai PARTS. THEY HERE FORA
HAPPENED! ALMOST FEEL REASON...

THEY REMAINED
ON TALESCRIA. <@aam
THERE’S ALOTTO &
DISCUSS. YOUR
FATHER INFORMED
ME OF THE
VILTRUMITES’ TO RUN PAST
STATUS HERE ON = [0 gore YOu.
EARTH, AND...
 LOST Your
MIND?!

MARK, PLEASE. JUST

THINK THIS THROUGH...
I UNDERSTAND YOUR
INITIAL REACTION, BUT
f> YOU NEED TO WEIGH
THIS AGAINST THE
ATROCITIES THE
VILTRUMITES HAVE
COMMITTED
ALL OVER THE
UNIVERSE.

JUST
CONSIDER
fT.

7 THIS Scems
WRONG AT FIRST, 2
BUT IT’S NOT. IT’S
THE ONLY WAY we
CAN SAVE THE
B UNIVERSE. THIS
FIXES EVERYTHING.

IF THERE’S
. EVEN THE
SLIGHTEST CHANCE
THIS SCOURGE VIRUS
YOU HAVE WILL AFFECT ‘%
HUMANS... AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT’S PRETTY MUCH iam
CERTAIN... THERE’S ae
NO WAY YOU CAN
DO THIS.

ALLEN, THE
VILTRUMITES
KILLED NEARLY &
ALL OF YOUR
PEOPLE...
HOW IS THIS
DIFFERENT?
 IT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE
ONCE THE VILTRUMITES l& I CAUSE
FEEL THEIR NUMBERS ARE THE EXTINCTION
SUFFICIENT AND THEY’RE OF HUMANITY IN
THROUGH INTERBREEDING ORDER TO RID US OF
WITH EARTH THEY WILL THE VILTRUMITES--
RESUME THEIR MISSION THAT’S IT. IT STOPS
OF ONQUEST.
UNIVERSAL HEPACE
ABECOME SA
THEN MORE WORTHY SACRIFICEA
PEOPLE, LIKE MINE, FOR THE GOOP OF
WILL BE PUSHED TO ALL LIFE IN THE
THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION... UNIVERSE.
AND THAT’S ONLY THE
BEGINNING. THINK OF
WHAT THEY DID WITH THEIR
NUMBERS DWINDLING.
HOW MUCH WORSE WILL @&
THINGS BE WITH ee
THEIR FULL POWER
RESTORED? P

MY MY FATHER
FATHER’S IS RIGHT, AND
NOT HERE I’M SORRY OLIVER,
HE BUT YOU’VE
SIGN AACE : : COULDN’T SEE ALWAYS BEEN OPPLY Bi
WITH YOU... . THE BIGGER COLD TOWARD
RIGHT? Fe : PICTURE. HUMAN LIFE IN
rae YOUR BROTHER GENERAL.
DOES... WHY
CAN’T YOU?
 AND YOU--
DON’T PO
THIS, OLIVER.
HELP Me STOP
ALLEN.

THERE ARE
PEOPLE ON THAT
PLANET YOU KNOW--
ANP COUNTLESS
OTHERS WHO ARE
INNOCENT. THEY
DON’T DESERVE TO Die!

OLIVER IS
RIGHT--
BUT ENOUGH
ARGUING!
YOU’RE
WASTING
TIME!

THIS HAS
TO BE DONE
QUICKLY--IT HAS
TO BE DONE NOW!
BEFORE THEY GET
A CHANGE TO
DETECT WHAT’S
HAPPENING!

YOU NEED
TO JUST LET
THIS HAPPEN.
TRUST THAT I KNOW
WHAT IS BEST. I
WAS MAPE HEAD OF :
THE COALITION 0
PLANETS FoR =p BESIDES--
AREASON. gf NOLAN
2 Stop ME.
 Tih
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 eat taney ALLEN, $0 GOOD TO
mye) SEE YOU AGAIN... AND
Mer THE YOUNG VILTRUMITE
? TRAITOR HAS
HEALED NICELY.

Now, PIP
YOU REALLY
THINK WE WOULD
§ OCCUPY THIS
PLANET WITHOUT
MONITORING
ORBITAL
ACTIVITY?

Your ARRIVAL, J
We KNOW YOUR
PLAN, $0...

TELL ME WHY
I SHOULDN’T
SLAUGHTER BOTH
OF YOU RIGHT
Now?
 WELL, THERE’S A FEW
REASONS THAT COME TO CJ
MIND RANGING FROM
THE POIGNANT AND BOLD ¢
TO THE MUNDANE AND
DESPERATE.

I COULD LIST
THEM ALL, BUT
THAT WOULD TAKE
A WHILE. SO T’LL
JUST DIVE INTO THE
MOST IMPORTANT
ONE...

IF YOU SO
MUCH AS MOVE
4 MUSCLE IN OUR
DIRECTION--I PULL
THIS TRIGGER...
AND YOU DIE.

Lertarter’ 5 Yd

YOU CLEARLY HAVE NO IDEA

HOW HARD I’VE BEEN FIGHTING
THE URGE TO KILL YOU SIMPLY
TO SEE THAT GIANT RIDICULOUS
UNOPAN EYE BURST FORTH
FROM YOUR SHATTERED
SKULL...

Now YOU SHOW

Me IMMEASURABLE
DISRESPECT BY
THREATENING ME WITH
THE SCOURGE VIRUS...
THE THING THAT TURNED e
MY HOME PLANET INTOA &
..» BEFORE YOU
HELPED ITS CREATOR YOU HAVE
eets Fee ROY ’S NO IDEA THE
RESTRAINT TM
EXERCISING AT
THIS MOMENT.

NO MATTER THE LEVEL

? OF PERFECTION YOU’VE
ACHIEVED WITH THIS NEw ¥&
STRAIN... LTKNOW I COULD
SEPARATE YOUR HEAD 4
FROM YOUR BODY
BEFORE THE VIRUS
TAKES EFFECT
ON Me. ,

: JUSTSO Wem
WE’RE CLEAR
ON THE TERMS
OF THIS
STANDOFF.

= THIS ISA
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FAR MORE DEADLY @ 1
THAN THE PREVIOUS Y YOU TO STOP
ONE THAT DECIMATED © PRETENDING YoU
THE VILTRUMITE STILL HAVE THE
POPULATION. UPPER HAND HERE.
 OKAY, SO
IT’S OVER, RIGHT?
ALLEN--YOU’RE
PACKING IT IN AND
GOING HOME?

THRAGG KNOWS--
YOU’RE NOT CATCHING
THEM BY SURPRISE--
YOU RELEASE THIS THING g&
INTO EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
NOW AND THEY JUST TAKE
OFF, LEAVING THE PLANET
BEFORE THE VIRUS
SPREADS.

$0 THAT’S
IT--YOUR
PLAN IS
OFFICIALLY
FOILED.

COME ON,
GUYS... LET'S
NOT PO
ANYTHING
CRAZY,
OKAY 2

I’M SO
TOTALLY
UNPREPARED
FOR CRAZY
RIGHT NOW.

LET Me 5
BECLEAR. § AS THE NEW HEAD OF THE
THERE WILL GS GOALITION OF PLANETS, ALLEN...
BENOFIGHT § =T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE
HERE... NOT UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE... ¥
Now. ® AND NEED TO PROVE YOURSELF
: ANE WORTHY OF THE LIKE TO
APPOINTMENT. PROPOSE A
TRU
 YES. I COULD =
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MAYBE YOU WOULD
INFECT ME, MAYBE
NOT. MY PEOPLE WOULD
m BE SAFE, YOU WOULD
: BE DEAD. 1

BUT WHAT DOES

THAT ACCOMPLISH?
YOU ARE NOT $0 STUPID
THAT THIS IS THE ONLY
SAMPLE OF THE VIRUS.
YOU’VE GOT IT STORED
AWAY SOMEWHERE,
BEYOND MY
REACH.
$0 AFTER
: YOU DIE YOUR Cee
SUCCESSOR COMES &
BACK HERE AND
We’RE IN THE
EXACT SAME
PLACE.

FUTHERMORE, I DON’T CONSIDER HOW

x BELIEVE YOU REALLY YOU REALLY
WANT TO DO THIS. I KNOW FEEL ABOUT IT,
fe WHAT IT IS LICE TO BE MADE ANP YOU WILL
A LEADER, TO HAVE a AGREE.
YOURSELF THRUST INTO im
THAT ROLE. Y
AT THIS
STAGE, YOU ARE
ALLOWING YOUR
PERCEIVED DUTY TO
OVERSHADOW YOUR OWN
GOOD JUDGMENT. THE
EXTINCTION OF LIFE ON
EARTH IS SIMPLY NOT
WORTH THE LIVES
OF THIRTY

ALSO, I WOULD S
BE REMISS IF I DIDN’T
POINT OUT THAT YOU
ONLY HAVE MY WORD
THAT WE ARE ALL EVEN
ON THIS PLANET. DO YOU
REALLY TRUST THAT I IF THE
WOULD ALLOW MY PEOPLE OVERWHELMING
TO BE IN SUCH A SENSE OF OBLIGATION
VULNERABLE TO YOUR NEW ROLE
POSITION? WASN’T CLOUDING YOUR
SEE ALL THIS, AND BE
AWARE OF IT. INSTEAD, YOu
ARE ACTING ON IMPULSE,
ALLOWING YOUR
UNCERTAINTY TO
DRIVE YOUR sO NO
DECISIONS. We’RE44
GETTING
SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS
 $0 AGAIN, I PROPOSE A TRUCE.
WE OCCUPY THIS PLANET, IT’S :
NOT A HOSTILE OCCUPATION, OUR
PRESENCE IS LARGELY UNKNOWN Gila
BY THE POPULATION. YOU ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT... BUT
I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
YOU HAVING THE SCOURGE
VIRUS IN HAND, AT
THE READY. .

YOU HAVE THE

ABILITY TO STRIKE AT
US WITH THIS VIRUS AT
ANY TIME. WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO SLAUGHTER
EVERY LIVING THING ON
THIS PLANET--AND
RESUME OUR WAR WITH
THE COALITION.

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& HELP YOU.
WE ARE IN A
STANDOFF. I SAY BACKED INTO
WE ALLOW OUR ma A CORNER
Pa POSITION TO REMAIN :
Mee AS SUCH, WITH EACH 2 eng
PARTY KEEPING
THE OTHER IN ree
HAVE NO
Be CHOICE.
WE WILL LIVE
HERE, NOTHING

THE HELL WE DON’T!

I’M WILLING TO BET
YOUR PEOPLE ARE IN
DEEP COVER... I BET

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THIS VIZUS WOULD GET
OULD OFE WORLD, fe BE
WE MAY NOT GET ses ‘ So THRAGG
ALL OF YOU, "ES Wem |S RIGHT. &
BUT-- Maen :
 HOW AM I’VE GOT SOME ALIEN SAYS HE’S
I HEARING TECH, ALLOWS ME TO GOT ALIEN TECH,
YOU? ARE YOU TRANSMIT AND READ CAN READ AND
PLUGGED INTO YOUR THOUGHTS. TRANSMIT
OUR COMM THOUGHTS.
SYSTEM? : YOU'RE OUT OF
s DID ROBOT SAY RANGE.
HE CAN'T HEAR ME? 3
IE HE’S NOT IN THAT ©
SUIT, HE’S OUT
OF RANGE--
oe WHY.

HE’S TELLING WHO ARE

US TO LEAVE. THESE
HE’S IN CONTROL PEOPLE?
OF THE :
SITUATION. 4
i FRIENDS ;
IS THAT OF MINE, DON’T ¥
WHAT HE’S sag aall ¢
SAYING?

YOU CAN
HEAD BACK,
sorry to “4 we've GOT
GET YOU OUT THIS
FOR THIS. COVERED.

ROBOT SAYS THAT

YOUR STATUS AS A
FUGITIVE MAKES HIM
SKEPTICAL OF YOUR
ACTIONS HERE, AND
HE’P LIKE ALL OF YOU
TO ACCOMPANY US
BACK TO THE
PENTAGON FOR
DETAINMENT UNTIL
THINGS ARE
SORTED.

THAT'S
NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN.
Y SUBDUE THEM ¥
ALL! MONSTER
GIRL--YOU
TAKE THE BIG
ONE!

y OH, CRAP--
COME ONs
GUYS! DON’T
DO THIS!

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TOLATELY...BUT IT’S [ie >) MAN I’M
GOT ALOT OF PEOPLE [Ba ie en
WORRIED. YOU'VE &
BROUGHT THIS ON
YOURSELF.

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 YOU CAN’T LET THESE
PEOPLE Die! I KNOW
YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT

YOU ARE
WEAK! THESE
PEOPLE MAKE
YOU WEAK! HOW
CAN YOU PUT THE
LIVES OF BILLIONS
AGAINST THE
LIVES OF
INCONCEIVABLY
MORE?!
wm THE FATE OF
YOUR ENTIRE
4 WORLD Is
A AT RISK. <i
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YOU'VE GOT
RECONSIDERING--_, H,

NO,
OLIVER...
JUST... ,PLEASE.

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 ARE YOU
OKAY 2
MARK--CAN
YOU HEAR
Me?!

SKoFF!< )

BLAST .
JUST CAUGHT
ME OFF GUARD--
COULDN’T GET

4 MY BEARINGS.

<
U
N
THAT DISCHARGE--
WHAT’S THE RANGE?
HOW WILL IT
SPREAD IN THE
ATMOSPHERE?

SITUATION
HERE?

MARK, DO
YOU FEEL
OKAY 2

DON’T BRING
THIS PROBLEM
TO MY PLANET
AND THEN ACT
LIKE YOU
CARE!

WHAT’S THE
RISK HERE?! IS
THE SCOURGE
VIRUS AIRBORNE
NOW OR
NOT?!

WE'RE OVER AN
OCEAN... AND THE
GUN DISCHARGES
ARE SMALL
MEANT FOR THE VIRUS
INPIVIPUAL INCUBATES IN
CONTRACTIONS. THE BODY, AND
THEN SPREADS
THROUGH PERSONAL
CONTACT... IT RELIES
ON CARRIERS TO
BUILD ITSELF UP
ENOUGH TO
SPREAD.

THE
PLANET
IS NOT
UNDER
THREAT.
 HOW DO
YOU FEEL?
ARE YOU
OKAY 2

T’LL FEEL
THE VIRUS... ALOT BETTER
I’M PRETTY AFTER WE
SURE YOU’RE GET THAT GUN
EXPOSED. OUT OF OLIVER’S
HANDS.

I CAN’T ALLOW YOU

TO HAVE CONTACT YOU NEED TO BE
WITH ANYONE OF QUARANTINED UNTIL
HUMAN OR VILTRUMITE WE’RE CERTAIN
DNA UNTIL YOU’VE YOU WERE NOT
HAD EXTENSIVE INFECTED.
SCREENINGS.

INFECTED-—
QUARANTINE?!
ALLEN, I’M FINE.
I GROSSLY
OVERESTIMATED YOUR
PEOPLE’S ABILITY TO
SYNTHESIZE A VIRUS.
THIS STUFF DOESN’T
WORK.
ChhRwER
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AGO. |

NAME’S ZANDALE. SORRY.

THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE
SECRET HATCH , THAT IF
I USED IT YOU’D KNOW
I WAS ON THE UP
AND UP.
7 I was
RECOMMENDED
BY ONE OF THE
GUARDIANS
OF THE GLOBE...
I’M LEGIT.

WHY, BECAUSE I’M BLACK... GREEN GHOST

WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER? NO, IS BLACK2
IT WAS GREEN GHOST. I I Never KNEW
HELPED HIM OUT WITH SOMETHING. THAT.
I’VE HAD POWERS FOR A WHILE,
BUT NEVER TRIED THE
HERO THING.

AH, NEVER
MADE A COSTUME
FOR HIM--HIS
“JADE GEM”
DOES THAT.

$0, I NEED
A COSTUME. IT’S SPOKEN
GONNA CALL MYSELF FOR. FAVOR
BULLETPROOF-- FOR A FRIEND.
THEY TOLD ME TO \ SORRY.
TELL YOU THAT, SAID
IT HELPS.
PLENTY OF
OTHERS, THOUGH
LOOK AROUND
WHILE I FINISH THIS
UP. LET ME KNOW
IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
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THEY COLLEC DO CAN’T LET TH
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IS IN CHARGE
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Bam
YES. I’M NOT
RUNNING THE
SHOW OR
ANYTHING.

I HAVE A MOON BASE

NOT TWO HUNDRED
MILES FROM HERE, AND
WE DID NOT DETECT THIS
SHIP. HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN
HERE?

Se MONTHS.
@ MAREA GRATE
AY SON
SS DIDN’T TELL
YOU ABOUT OUR
AGREEMENT. FOR I
THE BETTER,
 YOU SIMPLY
HAVE NO CHOICE
IN THE MATTER.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU AS TO
CAN BO. YOU DIP NOT AND, IT OUR CURRENT
DETECT OUR PRESENCE We WILL APPEARS, SITUATION. WE
COEXIST IN YOURS 4S HAVE DEALT WITH
PEACE BECAUSE WELL. THE SCOURGE
MORE ADVANCED TO DO OTHERWISE VIRUS BEFORE.
THAN YOURS. WOULD DRAW THE WE KNOW HOW
ATTENTION OF THE TO HANPLE
YOU MUST COALITION OF PLANETS, E IT.
HONOR THE WHICH COULD LEAD TO
AGREEMENT WE THE EXTINCTION OF
HAVE WITH MARK. MY PEOPLE.
OTHERWISE, WE
\ WILL PESTROY
YOU.
 WE ARE THE BOY’S
ONLY CHANCE OF WE WILL pO
SURVIVAL. HIS LIFE THIS TO SHOW
RESTS IN OUR HIM THAT WE ARE
HANDS. BETTER THAN THE
COALITION, WHO
WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING WE CURRENT
CAN TO SAVE HIM, SITUATION.
DESPITE OUR
HISTORY AS BITTER
ENEMIES. BUT ALSO OUT
OF RESPECT FOR
HIM, AND BECAUSE IF
WE DO ALLOW HIM TO DIE,
I IMAGINE THAT WOULD
CREATE TENSION BETWEEN
US AND THE PEOPLE OF
YOUR PLANET, YOU
CHIEF AMONG THEM.

FT
YOU SHOULD
KNow, HIS
CONDITION WILL GET
HORSE BEFORE IT
ETS BETTER. HE IS
ONLY IN THE EARLY sa mee
STAGES OF THE AND THIS HE WILL
MIRUS: IS A NEW SURVIVE.
STRONGER
STRAIN. WE'RE
NOT YET
COMPLETELY
SURE OF WHAT
WE'RE DEALING
WITH.

PLEASE...

74)
EVERYTHING
YOU CAN.
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THE SECRET BASE OF
DINOSAURUS.

aires AS
Ke age y
 AND... HE SENT YOU
HERE, MORE THAN I APOLOGIZE.
LIKELY TO TELL ME
WHY HE’S BEEN S
ii.
MISSING FOR
THE LAST FEW
AND RATHER = THAN THIS.
x L\s YOU TO SPEAK...
I ATTACKED
YOU.

IT’S OKAY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

NO REAL sore T’VE NOT HAD MANY
HARM | ABOUT THE DEALINGS WITH ACTUAL
DONE. Mess. ALIENS FROM OTHER
PLANETS.

ME: Brlelliy,TT Vyake,

: YOUR
APPEARANCE
STARTLED ME.

MY
APPEARANCE--?! THIS WAS NO PICNIC FOR WHAT'S A--
ME EITHER, MAN. YOU NEVER MIND.
LOOK TOO MUCH LIKE WHY ARE YOU
4 RAGNAR. HERE? WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH
INVINCIBLE?

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WE MUST ASK YOU

TO LEAVE. THERE
ARE MANY MORE
TESTS TO BE DONE--
YOU’LL ONLY BE
IN THE WAY.
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THAT MY ALLY FOR HIS BETWEEN US WOULD DO
INVINCIBLE IS WELLBEING? CONS IPERABLE DAMAGE,
DEATHLY ILL. POSSIBLY REACHING INVINCIBLE,
FURTHERING HIS INJURY OR AT
THE VERY LEAST INTERFERING

77
WITH THE EFFORTS TO CURE
HIM. FURTHERMORE...

>

THAT WILL | NO MATTER--FROM WHAT I Y LOGICALLY YOU WOULD NOT

NOT BE q KNOW OF YOUR PEOPLE AND ATTEMPT TO GAIN THAT FAVOR
NECESSARY. i‘ YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO EARTH, IF YOU DIDN’T DEEM IT
} THE ONLY POSSIBLE REASON TO BE ABSOLUTELY
YOU WOULD EVEN ATTEMPT ESSENTIAL.
YOUR TO CURE INVINCIBLE WOULD
SERVICES BE TO GAIN FAVOR WITH I AM OFFERING MY
WILL NOT BE THE PEOPLE OF ASSISTANCE BECAUSE
NEEDED. , EARTH. INVINCIBLE IS USEFUL TO ME.
CAN YOU REALLY AFFORP TO
TURN AWAY SOMEONE WHO
1S MORE THAN LIKELY
ABLE TO HELP?

CLEAR ONE
OF THE LABS
FOR THIS...
CREATURE.
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four
THERE IS ~ :
NOTHING FOR eee
YOU TO DO HERE. pans
WE ARE HARD AT | .
WORK ON THIS
SITUATION. HAVING

YOU CAN’T
POSSIBLY
EXPECT US
TO--
let
WANTED HIM
{ peap, He’D
BE DEAD
ALREADY.

Vv
3
 GRAND REGENT
THRAGG, I
HAVE DISCOVERED
SOMETHING...
EXTRAORDINARY. JUST TELL
Me WHAT
IT IS YOU’VE
DISCOVERED.

NO, SAPLY, BUT DURING

THE PROCESS OF TRYING
TO SYNTHESIZE A CURE
WE PREW SAMPLES
OF THE SUBJECT’S THANKFULLY,
DNA. IT APPEARS HIS
BODY IS STAVING
OFF THE SCOURGE
viRUS, FOR NOW AT
LEAST. BUT THAT'S
NOT THE MOST
INTERESTING
PART.
I DON’T
REALLY KNOW
HOW TO SAY
THIS... BUT
WHEN We
RAN HIS DNA...
WELL...

YOU ARE
TO TELL NO
ONE!

DO YOU
UNPERSTAND?!
 Eve, ARE
YOU GOING

I’LL--I’ve
SPENT TIME
WITHOUT HIM--
WORRIED ABOUT
HIM BEFORE.
I TRULY BELIEVE
HE’LL BE OKAY.
HE’LL PULL
THROUGH.

WELL, IF YOU OH, SOME MONSTER IS

NEED ANYTHING, | craP-- TEARING DOWN A
DON’T HESITATE NOT POWER STATION. AND
-- AGAIN! IT’S ONE OF
INVINCIBLE, INC’S
FEW REMAINING
CLIENTS.

NO, LAST TIME

YOU HELPED OUT,
WHEN INVINCIBLE
WAS IN SPACE--THE
CLIENTS ASKED FOR
REFUNPS. YOU DID
4 GOOD JOB, BUT
THEY CLAIM THEY
“PAID FOR INVINCIBLE.”
IT WAS JUST A MATTER
OF TIME. WITH INVINCIBLE
OFF HELPING DINOSAURUS,
PEOPLE WERE BOUND TO
FIND OUT WHAT WAS
GOING a EVENTUALLY. WHAT
ARE YOU
THINKING?

IF YOU'VE
GOT AN EXTRA
COSTUME--L
@ CHANGE MY HAIR,
DON’T GET TOO
CLOSE TO
THE CLIENT...
YEAH... I ALWAYS

DIP LIKE THAT

COSTUME...
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I THE LAST REMAINING
VILTRUMITE WARSHIP,
STATIONEP ON THE MOON.

HOW Have ‘
YOU GAINED
ACCESS TO
MY--?!

CALM YOURSELF. I I’VE MADE SOME ADVANCES,

TRUST YOU FAR LESS BUT THERE ARE SOME NOTES
THAN YOU TRUST ME. I’M CURRENTLY UNABLE TO
T’VE TAPPED INTO DECIPHER. COULD YOU ALLOW
YOUR SYSTEM, I KNOW ME ACCESS TO THE SCIENTIST
THE LAYOUT WELL WHOSE WORK I’M STUDYING?
ENOUGH TO FIND YOUR I HAVE SOME
QUARTERS... AND QUESTIONS.
ESCAPE IF T
NEED TO.
 WHERE
TO NOW?

TALESCRIAZ
WHY WOULD OLIVER, I’M NOT LEAVING
WE STAY I HAVE NO UNTIL IT KNOW MARK’S
HERE? CONNECTION OKAY. WE CAN’T JUST BESIDES,
TO THIS PLANET, LEAVE WITH HIM MY MISSION
REALLY. THERE’S IN VILTRUMITE FAI LED,
NOWHERE FOR CUSTODY. I’ve LET THE
ME TO GO NOW COALITION DOWN.
THAT MY I’M IN NO HURRY WHAT WERE
MOTHER IS NOT TO RETURN WE GOING TO
ERE HOME. DO TO THESE
PEOPLE,
OLIVER?
OR EVEN
RETURN TO
OUR SHIP.
WE WERE READY TO KILL YY YOU DON’T
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND WE WOULPN’T KNOW THAT.
CHILD ON THIS PLANET-- =HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE VIRUS
AND IF THRAGG HADN’T A THING... COULD HAVE
REVEALED HIMSELF WHEN THE VILTRUMITES KILLED THEM
HE DID... WE WOULD HAVE WOULD STILL BE ALL.
DONE IT--AND IT OUT THERE.
WOULDN’T HAVE
WORKED.

YOU CARE FOR

THESE PEOPLE
LESS THAN I
DO? I’ve
SPENT NO
TIME HERE.

I WAS BROUGHT HERE

WHEN T WAS VERY
YOUNG-—BUT IHove
ULL RECOLLECTION
OF EVERY MOMENT THe THRAKANS,
OF MY LIFE. DO NOT FORM SIMILAR
ATTACHMENTS AS THE
PEOPLE OF EARTH.
THRAXAN LIFESPANS
ARE VERY SHORT,
DEATH IS A PART
OF LIFE... NOT
A HORRIBLE
OCCURRENCE.
I HAVE
GROWN ATTACHED
TO MY FAMILY AND
SOME PEOPLE I’ve
KNOWN... BUT TO
Me... LIFE IS NOT
SUCH A SPECIAL
THING.

INTERESTING...
OPP, MAYBE
UNSETTLING BUT...
INTERESTING.

DO YOU
WANT TO GO
VISIT TECH
JACKET?
 I’M SORRY,
THE BACK
DOOR WASN’T
LOCKED $0
I JUST...

HOPEFULLY,
CECIL CAN
KEEP IT IN
CUSTODY...

ree eee
¥
NEVER
MIND Me.
TEAM. IT’S - GOOD JOB,
LOCKED ZANPDALE.
THAT DOWN.
THING IN
CUSTODY?

WHATEVER
IT WAS, IT GOT
100 GREEDY,
ABSORBED TOO
MUCH ENERGY
AND BURNT ITSELE
OUT. IT WAS SUPER
TOUGH, THOUGH... IF
IT GETS A HANDLE
ON ITS POWERS
IT’S GOING TO BE
A MAJOR THREAT.
 GIRL, LISTEN... YOUR
GUY'S GOT A WHOLE
ALIEN RACE UP THERE
WORKING TO KEEP HIM
ALIVE. DON’T LET
IT DRIVE YOU
CRAZY.

ANYTHING
THAT WOULD
MAKE YOU
FEEL BETTER.
 I’M TOLD THAT THE
PERIOD OF TIME ALL THIS TIME WE’VE Va
WHERE YOU CAN PASS BEEN STUPYING YOU,
ON THE SCOURGE THE VIRUS, YOUR DNA...
VIRUS TO OTHERS... ALL THIS HARD WORK HAS
HAS PASSED. PROVEN UNNECESSARY.
YOU’RE GOING TO
SURVIVE. IT IS RARE
FOR ONE AS
YOUNG AS YOU TO
Be ABLE TO FEND
OFF THE SCOURGE
VIRUS NATURALLY...
THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS
STUMPED MY

OF COURSE YOU WILL

SURVIVE THIS VIRUS...
FAILING TO DO SO
WOULP BETRAY YOUR
BLOODLINE.
FOR
THOUSANDS OF
YEARS I HAVE
ACTED AS GRAND
REGENT... CHARGED
WITH THE TASK OF
LOCATING THE LOST
SON OF ARGALL,
PLACING HIM ON
THE THRONE OF

T WILL
NOT YIELD MY
POSITION TO
TRAITORS.

l— I HAVE TO
FORFEIT OUR
TIME HERE
ON EARTH...
SO BE IT.
 MAYBE
FORTUNE WILL
SMILE DOWN
UPON ME AND
THEY'LL BELIEVE
SCOURGE VIRUS
TOOK YOU.
erm
THAT
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COCK
LU P TURN \
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A THE COA ION... Al
YES...
—=>

—
Ab
\
YOUR HOME PLANET, VILTRUM,
WAS DESTROYED. ALL THAT’
HISTORY LOST FOREVER. I
WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE
MUST BE A GREAT MANY IT WAS
ITEMS OF TREMENDOUS UNWISE TO GIVE
VALUE ABOARD ME COMPLETE
THIS SHIP... ACCESS TO YOUR
FILES. I’ve
«se THE LAST LEARNED A LOT
VESSEL OF OVER THE LAST
THE VILTRUM FEW HOURS.
EMPIRE.
ENOUGH TO
KNOW YOU DON’T

By
WANT ANYTHING
BAD TO HAPPEN
TO THIS SHIP. i

I’VE BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT

A FEW KEY AREAS, PLACES
WHERE AN ELEMENT COULD BE
ALTERED, CLIMATE ADJUSTED...
TO CAUSE DISASTROUS,
NO--EXPLOSIVE I’VE GOTA
RESULTS. SYSTEM MONITORING
MY HEART RATE. AS
IT RISES, IT WILL SET
OFF A SERIES OF
EXPLOSIONS INSIDE
THIS SHIP...

NOT AT ALL. IF MY
CALCULATIONS ARE
CORRECT, ONE
SHOULD BE GOING
OFF RIGHT...
ABOUT...

YOU
EXPECT
ME TO
BELIEVE--
 NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR
ATTENTION... WHY KILL
INVINCIBLE? YOU WERE
FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS LIFE
LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO--
60 DESPERATE TO SAVE
HIM YoU ALLOweD
ACCESS TO ALL YOUR YOUWHAT DID
DISCOVER
Re Rises ng THAT ceuser
YOU TO
RECONSIDER?

YOU ASK ¥ — TRY

TOO MANY |} : . ANSWERING
QUESTIONS. / 2a. ONE.

A /
<i

I’D RATHER
DISCOVER IF YOU
INSTALLED A
FAILSAFE IF
YOUR HEART
STOPS.
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BLEEDING, T WILL
ATTEND TO THIS. T
SEE NOW THAT
STOPPING YOUR
HEART WOULD ONLY
CAUSE MORE
DAMAGE.

COLLECT
YOURSELF.
I’LL RETURN
SHORTLY, YOU’LL
WISH YOU
WERE DEAD
SOON
ENOUGH.
 DEEP BELOW THE PENTAGON,

Tn
srurbtaete tee ears

I DON’T UNDERSTAND. \
I HEARD THRAGG SAY 7 j I DO, BUT IT’S NOT
WE COULD VISIT ANY f AS SIMPLE AS MAKING
TIME. I KNOW IT’S vy. : A PHONE GALL. We’VE
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CONCERN, THE
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ORIGINATING IN THE
REGION OF THE
VILTRUMITE
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NOT THAT THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE GUARDIANS’ MOON
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COULD BE TELEPORTING FROM THERE.
YOU TO THE FAR SIDE
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IMPALED ON A
CLENCHED FIST...
AGAIN.

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ATTACKED, HE
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TO YOUR MATE’S
MONSTROUS
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THEIR BUSINESS
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ALL BEATEN UP...
REALLY BAD.

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ME, I COULDN’T
MAKE ANYTHING
OUT--THEN YOU
PASSED OUT, AND
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NO IDEA WHY
WE’RE HERE,
OR WHAT
HAPPENED.

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YOU STOP TRICKED YOU,
Me? BRO.

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THE MONSTER,
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THAT’S WHY I
LOOK LIKE THAT.
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WATCH OUT,
MAN.

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ANYTHING BAD.
I THINK THAT’S
BEHIND YOU... I’M
HELPING YOU
ACCOMPLISH
GO0D
THINGS.

ALOT
OF GOOD
THINGS... AT
LEAST I WAS,
UNTIL I GOT
SICK.
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THINKING ABOUT IT,
ANP PINOSAURUS
ISN’T REALLY EVIL...
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HE’S A BIT LIKE MY
BROTHER.

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HING. MY BROTHER DINOsAURUS

JUST... DOING THINGS OF PURE EvIL...

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NECESSARY, INTELLIGENCE.
CONCERN FOR
THE... HUMAN
ELEMENT.

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YOU THE PRODUCTION
ORDER ONA
COMIC BOOK? YOU START
HOW THEY’RE WITH THE WRITER,
MADE. USUALLY, UNLESS
IT’S A WRITER-ARTIST
SITUATION AND THEY’RE
THE SAME GUY, OR
SOMETIMES THE WRITER
AND ARTIST WORK
REALLY CLOSELY IN
THE EARLY STAGES
ANP DEVELOP IDEAS
TOGETHER.

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WRITTEN--
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THIS TOTALLY
WAS NOT
PART OF THE
PLAN!

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WILL STILL BE UP FOR HE’S
WATCHING FISTFUL OF ALWAYS UP
FOR WATCHING
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DOLLARS!
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\ ORCANISM. WHATEVER
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WITH MY.
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HELP OUT--DOESN’T SEEM
LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE
ABLE TO BREAK FREE OF
MY CONSTRUCT.

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COME HERE
TO HELP
THOUGH--
IT’S MARK--
HE’S--

HE’S ALIVE... WHAT?!

HE’S GOT TO HE’S ON THE
is VILTRUMITE
SHIP...

DINOSAURUS HAS
HIM--AND I NEED
YOUR HELP IF
WE’RE GOING
TO GET HIM
BACK.

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YOU TO THE PLACE
MARK DIRECTED
ME TO BEFORE...
DINOSAURUS
PROBABLY TOOK
HIM THERE,
RIGHT?
RIGHT,
WE'LL NEED
TO PROP THIS
GUY OFF AT
STRONGHOLD
PENITENTIARY FOR
PROCESSING
FIRST,
THOUGH.
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y _T’LL NEver
FORGET HOW I
I/LL Never HURT YOU, T’LL
BE ABLE TO NEVER FORGET HOW
TAKE BACK WHAT ASHAMED I FEEL,
I’VE PONE, BUT I T’LL NEVER FORGET
CAN PROMISE HOW MUCH I
YOU T’LL NEVER REGRET WHAT
FORGET. HAPPENED.

COME ON,
THE NIGHT'S
STILL
YOUNG.

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TO INTERRUPT
YOUR EVENING,
ZANPALE--BUT I
NEED YOUR HELP.
Is SHE?!
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Me IS, LIKE... DEAD YOUR TRANSFORMATION
AND STUFF. WORKS... IT COULD
JUST BE “OFF”
RIGHT Now.

WHATEVER
IT 1S, MAN--
I’M JUST
GOING TO
ENJOY IT.

IVE HAD THAT

MONSTER HANGING
OVER MY HEAD
FOR TOO LONG... I
HOPE IT NEVER
COMES BACK.

THAT
WOULPN’T
BE SO GREAT
FOR ME. I DON’T
KNOW WHY I’M
HERE, OR WHY
THIS BASE IS
TRASHED.

FRANKLY,
WHATEVER DID
THIS COULD BE
COMING BACK.
OUR LIVES
COULD BE IN
DANGER.
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MY FORM N\
IS BUILT ANEW \
EACH TIME I
TRANSFORM--
ARE THEY HERE?!
HAVE THEY
STRUCK?!

I HAVE
NO IDEA
WHAT YOU’RE
TALKING
ABOUT!

THE
VILTRUMITES--
THEY TRIED TO KILL
YOU! I ESCAPED,
RETREATED HERE--
BUT SURELY THEY
FOLLOWED US! THEY
COULD ATTACK AT
ANY MOMENT!
 IT’S BEEN YOU’RE AWAKE...
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WHOLE DAY, TOLD YOU’D LIVED
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THEY’RE NOT WORST OF
COMING. IT.

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THRAGG...
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ME, TOO, ONCE

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WITHOUT BEING
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NSULT!

WILL EVERYONE
JUST CALM DOWN?!
THIS WASN’T AN
ATTACK--AND
DINOSAURUS IS ON
OUR sibe!

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MY BROTHER
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TIME AGAIN TRYING TO
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TRUST OF HIM ENDS UP
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GUARDIANS
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WERE YOU? THUMBS ARE YOU ON TODAY?
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SOMETIMES IT’S
HARD TO KEEP TRACK.

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TRUST ME ON CLOSING--
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THEY’VE LEARNED THEIR LANGUAGE.
NOTHING.

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YOU STAYED WON’T BE HERE
IN MONSTER FORM, THAT LONG. T’M
AS IT REMAINED IN MY SCANNING FOR
SUIT--THEY MUST MONITORING DEVICES.
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MONSTER WE TRAINED CAN REVERT TO HUMAN
TO FIGHT WITH US AND FORM ANP WE CAN
ME SOME KIND OF START LOOKING FOR
MECHANICAL COMPANION, WEAKNESSES IN
POSSIBLY USED TO THIS CELL.
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WHY THEY’RE | DOWN THE FLAXANS
LEAVING US IS NO LONGER AN
TOGETHER. OPTION--FINDING OUR
WAY BACK TO OUR
DIMENSION IS OUR
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LIKE THIS!

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STILL WEAR
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CLEARLY NOT REMEMBER
GROWING ANY HOW THE FLAXANS
OLDER. AGED RAPIDLY IN
OUR DIMENSION?
IT MUST I BELIEVE THE
NOT BE REVERSE IS IN
WORKING IN EFFECT FOR US,
THIS DIMENSION. HERE.

HAVEN’T
YOU NOTICED?
WE’VE BEEN
HERE FOUR
YEARS
ALREADY.

NEITHER
OF US
HAVE AGED
A DAY.
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BETTER THAN
ANYONE ON EARTH
HAS EVER KNOWN
ANYONE! I LOVED
YOU MORE THAN
ANYONE HAS
EVER LOVED
ANYONE!

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THREW IT
AWAY--ALL
OF IT--AFTER
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THE THRONE STILL WORKING,
ROOM. THAT WAS SQUIN FREELY
SUPPOSED TO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR
THIS CAUSE--AND
HIS SACRIFICE
WILL NOT BE
IN VAIN.

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ON THE EMPEROR |
WAS ONLY THE TM SoRRY
BEGINNING. I COULDN’T
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INTRICACIES OF MY
PLAN--OUR ATTACK
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IMMEDIATELY
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YOU.

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OTHER DIMENSIONS--LIKE HOW
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SLAVES. IT’S HARD FOR
US TO RECOGNIZE, BUT ALL
THE VARIOUS LIFE-FORMS
We’VE SEEN--THEY’RE FROM
OTHER DIMENSIONS.

THE FLAXANS ARE A

WARRIOR RACE, THEY
HAVE ONLY SOLDIERS.
ALL OTHER TASKS
ARE PERFORMED
BY SLAVES.

S0 THEY’RE GOING EXACTLY, BUT I DIDN’T

TO TRY TO ENSLAVE PLAN ON IT JUST BEING
EARTH AGAIN, NOW2 THE TWO OF US HERE--
ISN’T THAT WHY WE AND I CERTAINLY
CAME HERE--TO DIDN’T PLAN FOR
PREVENT THAT THINGS TO BE SO
FROM EVER COMPLEX.
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POPULATION OF THE EQUATION. OWN AS THE
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J) INHIBIT HIS NATURAL ABILITIES. BUT
HIS CAPTIVITY DID NOT LAST.

BACKFIRED ON THEM
WOULD BE A MASSIVE (|
UNDERSTATEMENT. * =

IN THE END, THE WAR

THEY FOUGHT AGAINST
ONE MAN LASTED
NEARLY A YEAR IN
THIS DIMENSION.
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 IT TOOK THEM GENERATIONS
TO PREPARE FOR THEIR NEXT
ASSAULT ON EARTH. WHICH
WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION
OF CHARGING THE HUMAN
POPULATION WITH REBUILDING
THEIR BELOVED CITY,
KLAXIA.
WHICH IS
WHERE THEY ARE
TAKING US NOW.
AS WE ARE FROM
EARTH, IT WILL BE
OUR TASK, AND OUR
TASK ALONE TO
REBUILD A CITY
THAT HAS LAID
IN WASTE FOR
CENTURIES.
SO WE REBUILD YOU’RE NOT TAKING INTO
A CITY FOR THEM? ACCOUNT TIME. ONLY
HOW IS THAT PART A MATTER OF WEEKS HAS
OF OUR PLAN-- PASSED ON EARTH
HOW DOES THAT IN OUR DECADES ON THIS
HELP US? WORLD... THIS WILL NOT BE
EASY... IT WILL TAKE A
SUBSTANTIAL
DID AMOUNT OF
SOMETHING TIME.
HAPPEN
TO YOU OVER
THE LAST FOUR
YEARS THAT

THEY DO NOT EXPECT US TO ACTUALLY

SUCCEED IN REBUILDING THEIR CITY.
IT IS MEANT ONLY AS PUNISHMENT.

WE WILL BE WATCHED
EVERY MINUTE OF
EVERY DAY--BUT
EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL
START TO NOTICE THE
PROGRESS THAT IS
BEING MADE.

NEWS OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WILL SPREAD TO ALL CIVILIZED
PARTS OF THIS WORLD. BUTAS THE
NEWS SPREADS, SO TOO WILL THE
LEGEND OF THE EARTH MAN WHO
NEARLY DEFEATED THE EMPEROR.

SLAVES WILL GROW

UP HEARING THE
STORY, AND SEEING
THE EMPEROR BOAST
OF THE PROGRESS
BEING MADE IN KLAXIA.
 IT TOOK THEM GENERATIONS
TO PREPARE FOR THEIR NEXT
ASSAULT ON EARTH. WHICH
WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION
OF CHARGING THE HUMAN
POPULATION WITH REBUILDING
THEIR BELOVED CITY,
KLAXIA.
WHICH IS
WHERE THEY ARE
TAKING US NOW.
AS WE ARE FROM
EARTH, IT WILL BE
OUR TASK, AND OUR
TASK ALONE TO
REBUILD A CITY
THAT HAS LAID
IN WASTE FOR
CENTURIES.
SO WE REBUILD YOU’RE NOT TAKING INTO
A CITY FOR THEM? ACCOUNT TIME. ONLY
HOW IS THAT PART A MATTER OF WEEKS HAS
OF OUR PLAN-- PASSED ON EARTH
HOW DOES THAT IN OUR DECADES ON THIS
HELP US? WORLD... THIS WILL NOT BE
EASY... IT WILL TAKE A
SUBSTANTIAL
DID AMOUNT OF
SOMETHING TIME.
HAPPEN
TO YOU OVER
THE LAST FOUR
YEARS THAT

THEY DO NOT EXPECT US TO ACTUALLY

SUCCEED IN REBUILDING THEIR CITY.
IT IS MEANT ONLY AS PUNISHMENT.

WE WILL BE WATCHED
EVERY MINUTE OF
EVERY DAY--BUT
EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL
START TO NOTICE THE
PROGRESS THAT IS
BEING MADE.

NEWS OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

WILL SPREAD TO ALL CIVILIZED
PARTS OF THIS WORLD. BUTAS THE
NEWS SPREADS, SO TOO WILL THE
LEGEND OF THE EARTH MAN WHO
NEARLY DEFEATED THE EMPEROR.

SLAVES WILL GROW

UP HEARING THE
STORY, AND SEEING
THE EMPEROR BOAST
OF THE PROGRESS
BEING MADE IN KLAXIA.
 | IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF YEARS BEFORE
| THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY TAKEN SERIOUSLY,
AND WE’RE SENT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS TO
AID IN OUR TASK.

WORKERS THAT KNOW OF OUR

FEAT, STORMING THE EMPEROR’S
THRONE ROOM. WORKERS WITH NO
LOVE FOR THE FLAXAN EMPIRE.

GENERATIONS WILL PASS, AND THE

FLAXANS WILL NOT EVEN REALIZE HOW
VASTLY MY WORKERS OUTNUMBER
THEIR SOLDIERS SENT TO GUARD US.

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NOR WILL THEY BE

AWARE OF THEIR
DEVOTION TO
YOU AND Me.

THE REVOLT
WILL BE SWIFT.

ON THE EVE OF THE COMPLETE

RESTORATION OF KLAXIA--
WE WILL CONTROL THE CITY.

ALTHOUGH, I DO NOT
PREDICT THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO HOLD IT FOR LONG.
 BUT THE FLAXAN ARMY AS WELL AS THE
WILL BE UNAWARE OF TRAPS WE WILL
THE TUNNEL SYSTEM WE SET FOR THEM.
WILL HAVE BUILT
UNDER THE CITY.

WE'LL STORE SUPPLIES IN THE WE WILL CONFISCATE ALL THE IN THE ENP WE’LL HAVE A Ol
TUNNEL SYSTEM, SO THAT WE & WEAPONRY AND VEHICLES SENT T\ LOYAL ARMY AND EVERYTHING | |
CAN USE THE WASTELAND AS AFTER US, AND APPROPRIATE | | WE WILL NEED To WAGE WAR
A STAGING GROUND. THEM FOR OUR CAUSE. ; y ON THE FLAXAN EMPIRE.

IT MAY TAKE US NEARLY A CENTURY TO

PUT ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE FOR THIS
PLAN TO COME TOGETHER... BUT ONCE
WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED ALL THIS WE’LL BE
WITHIN GRASP OF OUR ULTIMATE GOAL...

THE THREAT \
OF THE FLAXAN |-
EMPIRE TO ALL |
DIMENSIONS-- 4
THEY CALL US A CULT!
IE THIS BE THE CULT OF THE CULT OF THE SKY GOD--
THE TRUTH--THEN I THE ONE WHO BESTOWED UPON
SAY FINE--WE ARE ME THE CAP OF LEADERSHIP,
A CULT! THAT BROUGHT US ALL
TOGETH--
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Cc 4 THEM! THEY’RE IN THE
i MIDDLE OF LONDON! We
CAN’T LET ANOTHER
MAJOR CITY GET
DESTROYED!

AGAIN!

I’M NOT
GOING TO LEAVE
YOU HERE,
UNPROTECTED. IF
THIS IS A FULL-
SCALE INVASION, IT
IN COULD REACH
THIS AREA.

REMEMBER WHEN HOW WOULD I EVEN

YOU STARTED OUT GET THERE? I CAN'T AND IF
Peorte’s
LIVES ARE AT “You PaNteRs You cour. 4 |NEEDED--CECIL
OU COULD. “eventually”
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MAKE THIS THERE ARE
ABOUT COUNTLESS
ME BEING OTHER
powercess. J SUPERHEROES
WHO ARE FASTER,
STRONGER AND
SMARTER THAN
ME... AND THEY’RE
NO DOUBT
ALREADY ON
THEIR WAY.
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IN LONDON?
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GOING TO
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MAKE A ANP YOUR GOING NOW. DON’T
LIVING, BROTHER THAT GET TOO WORRIED
MOM. END UP SO You--! ABOUT WHAT’S ON
THIS. DIFFERENT? : THE TV, IT’S HALF
I's A WORLD
OPENING ISN’T A DAMN
FOR MONTHS, I SHAME.
CAN’T BLOW IT
BY SKIPPING
THIS
MEETING.
IT’S NOT THE
FLAXANS. IT’S SOMEONE
THERE IS NO ELSE. ANOTHER
WAY. THAT’S FORCE FROM
JUST NOT ANOTHER DIMENSION,
POSSIBLE. USING SIMILAR
ARMOR... IT
CAN’T BE THE
FLAXANS.

WELL, IT
SURE AS HELL
LOOKS LIKE
IT’S THEM! SO STOP
ARGUING WITH ME
fo— A ND START
— SCRAMBLING TEAMS!

THIS ARGUMENT IS BARELY

TAKING UP A FRACTION OF
MY COGNITIVE BANDWIDTH.
I’ve ALREADY
BEGUN SCRAMBLING THE ACTIONEERS
TEAMS. ARE ON SITE. CAVES,
WOLF-MAN AND THE
WOLF C.0.R.P.S. ARE
ON STANDBY.
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TEAMS ARE EN ROUTE
AND WE’RE ABOUT TO
DISPATCH THE REMAINING
MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM —
OM THIS BAS BRIT, IS YOUR
MOMENTARILY. TEAM READY TO GO
UP AGAINST THIS
INVADING FORCE
THAT IS MOST
CERTAINLY NOT THE
FLAXANS?

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STREETS UNCHALLENGED. ANYONE OUT THERE
IT APPEARS, FOR THE WITH POWERS ABLE
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THINGS GO
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I LEFT?! HOW
COULP THIS BE
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ALL CORNERS OF THIS
CONTINENT... WE’VE INSPIRED
COUNTLESS SLAVES TO
RISE UP AND JOIN
OUR CAUSE...>

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NOT SURVIVE THIS
UPCOMING BATTLE
WITH THE FLAXAN
ARMIES IF WE
DO NOT JOIN
FORCES.>

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YET YOU MEAN THE
ZAXAL ROYAL FAMILY--
THE RULING CLASS
WHOSE BLOOPLINE
HAS COMMANDED US
FOR EONS.>

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FLAXAN AND
YET WE, LIKE YOU,
STAND AGAINST
THEIR CAND WE
FORCES.) WILL STAND
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SEEMED REBELS ARE
TO GO GOING TO
WELL. ie lla

WE MAY
JUST SURVIVE
THE NEXT FEW
DECADES OF
THIS WAR.
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WRONG, AMANDA?

& 25

THE BELT YOU INVENTED... V

IT’S WORKING. IT’S

ABSORBING THE ENERGY FROM
MY MO R FORM, KEEPING IT
“= FROM REVERSING MY AGING.
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SLOWLY, BUT I AM WA
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THAT’S GREAT.
THAT’S WHAT YOU
WANTED, RIGHT?

| YES, BUT... Lo

IF THIS WAR RAGES ON... AND I KNOW

’M RIGHT WHEN I SAY THERE’S NO
END IN SIGHT... IT WILL EVENTUALLY
GET TO A POINT WHEN I’M USELESS
IN BATTLE.
 ALL THE MORE INCENTIVE
TO TRY AND BRING AN END
TO THIS CONFLICT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE TIDE IS TURNING.
THESE LAST FEW YEARS,
WORKING WITH THE
REBELS... MORE AND MORE
FLAXANS ARE TURNING
AGAINST THE ZAXAL
ROYAL FAMILY.

WeE’VE ALMOST
GOTTEN TO THE
POINT WHERE OUR
ARMIES’ RANKS
RIVAL THEIRS.

FANTASTIC, S0...W HOW LONG ARE WE ONLY A MATTER OF MONTHS

WE'RE ALMOST GOING TO BE HERE? HAVE PASSED ON EARTH--
EVENLY THIS WORLD, I... IT WILL BE THERE WAITING
MATCHED? WE’VE ALREADY LIVED FOR US WHEN WE'RE
HERE FAR LONGER READY, I
THAN We ever LIVED ( PROMISE.
ON EARTH, BU ;
STILL FEEL, - 10160 Tere
LIKE WE DON’T FOR EVEN A WEEK,
BELONG. WHEN WE RETURNED
. SO MUCH TIME
CAN'T WE < WOULD HAVE PASSED
ATTACK ONE S THAT ALL OUR WORK
OF THEIR WOULP BE
DIMENSIONAL j UNDONE.
HUBS, GO BACK [at — / ‘
FOR JUST
ALITTLE EH SZ WE HAVE
1 : TO SEE THIS
BIT? THROUGH.

I’M SORRY,
BUT... IE YOU
COULD
JUST...
y «LEARN THE
LANGUAGE. I THINK
YOU’D HAVE AN
EASIER TIME IF YOU
COULD COMMUNICATE
WITH SOMEONE
OTHER THAN

YOU THINK I HAVEN’T

TRIED? I’M NOTA
GENIUS LIKE YOU.
THEIR LANGUAGE HAS
SOUNDS I DON’T
EVEN KNOW HOW
TO MAKE!
I’ve BEEN
TRYING FOR
THRE
HUNPRED
YEARS!
IT’S JUST TOO
COMPLICATED.
AND WHEN
YOU TRY TO =
HKUST NOK = I’M SORRY.
THINGS SEEM I KNOW IT’S NOT
(es
COMPLICATED! ! meTapécapes
MAGIC
THE FLAXAN
TONGUE.
 I’M SORRY, I DIDN’T MEAN
TO UPSET YOU. I KNOW THIS
ISN’T EASY FOR YOU. ALL IT
CAN SAY IS THAT WHAT WE’RE
DOING IS NOTHING LESS
THAN SAVING
OUR WORLD. AND WHILE IT
WILL MOST DEFINITELY
BE THE LONGEST
STRETCH OF TIME ANY
HUMAN HAS EVER
EXPERIENCED, ASIDE
FROM MAYBE THE
IMMORTAL... IT WILL
BE TEMPORARY.

FOR WHAT
IT’S WORTH... IF
I COULD HAVE
CHOSEN ANYONE
TO ACCOMPANY
ME ON THIS
MISSION...

¢Goop. We
T/LL JOIN SHOULD
YOU INA RETURN BY
MOMENT.> MORNING.
THE
SCOUTING
PARTY IS
ASSEMBLED,
We’LL Leave
 THAT WAS
SOMETHING
ELSE...

WE'RE
DLL
GONNA--!
 WE NEED TO
CONTAIN THEM,
DRIVE THEM OUT
OF THE CITY CENTER.
THIS IS A NEW TACTIC
FOR THEM, THEY
USUALLY INVADE FOR Now, I
SPARSELY POPULATED NEED YOU TO GET
AREAS, EASIER TO OUR INJURED OUT
ESTABLISH A FOOTHOLD-- OF HARM’S WAY. GET
BUT LONDON COULD THEM TO A ROOFTOP
PROVIDE A MUCH SO OUR PEOPLE
STRONGER STAGING CAN SAFELY
GROUND. TELEPORT THEM
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more WHere )j
THIS CAME
 COULD REALLY
USE YOUR HELP,
AMANDA.
 THESKA TOLD
Me YOU WERE UP
HERE. COUNTING
HEADS? MAKING
SURE YOUR
ARMY IS BIG
ENOUGH?

YOU MEAN OUR ARMY?

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT’S GOOD TO SEE OUR
FORCES COMBINED, NOW
THAT WE’RE NOT WAGING
WAR ON TWO FRONTS
THIS IS ALL
BUT OVER.
= Z \
me THE WAR ALL THE SLAVE RACES WERE “Yy
WAS OVER. ~ ~ Sas ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR

CHOSE NOT TO, AS THEY’D BEEN

HERE FOR GENERATIONS.

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SUD 0 ban’¥
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ONCE WE’D CONFESSED OUR LOVE FOR

EACH OTHER, MY AFFECTION FOR YOU
SOMEHOW GREW EVEN STRONGER. 4

I ADMIRED YOUR STREI

RESILIENCE, YOUR ABILITY TO ADAPT
TO ALL THE THINGS WE’D HAD TO
ENDURE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL. —
SS

YOUR COMPASSION
MOVEP Me.
=

You caRep FoR 77 @—

ALL PEOPLE, EVEN z
|
OUR ENEMIES.

I FELL DEEPER
IN LOVE WITH YOU
IN EVERY MOMENT.

YOU CARED FOR

EVERYONE AND I
THOUGHT THAT
WAS WONPERFUL.

SEEING YOUR
AFFECTION FOR
THE FLAXANGS...

I HAD NO IDEA HOW

CONCERNED I
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
 7 WAS "
. a IT MY DID IT FAIL
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Ne COULDN'T [ec

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a

+ EVERYTHING.
 GOOD TIMING.
I’M STRETCHED
ALITTLE THIN.
LOTS OF
DRONES IN
ACTION.

HAVE GOTTEN
DISTRACTED.

IWA NOT
UNCONSCIOUS.

WHATEVER HE
BLASTED US
WITH--IT DIDN’T
KNOCK US OUT: I HEARD
IT PARALYZED EVERYTHING
TEMPORARILY. YOU SAID. Z

AT LONG LAST
I AM FACE TO
FACE WITH THAT’S
-YOu--! RIGHT... I
SPEAK YOUR
LOOK UPON LANGUAGE,
ME, REX ROBOT : TOO.
AND AMANPA
MONSTER GIRL.
I AM LIVING PROOF
THAT YOUR WORK
TO DESTROY MY
PEOPLE HAS
FAILED.
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SURPRISED
TO SEE
Me...

. SURPRISED
w=

, ®
 HOW COULD
YOU DO THIS,
AMANDA? HOW
DIP YOU HIDE
THIS FROM
Me?!

AS WE
SPEAK, THIS
CITY BURNS
TO THE GROUND.
THIS IS ONLY THE
BEGINNING.

I WAS RAISED AMONG THE

ZAXAL ROYAL FAMILY... IN
HIDING. I WAS TAUGHT OF
YOUR CRIMES AGAINST US--
YOU COST THE ZAXALS
GENERATIONS
OF PROGRESS! I WAS
TRAINED FOR ONE
PURPOSE--

--REVENGE
AGAINST THE ONE
WHO SIRED ME--
AND THE ONE WHO
TOOK EVERYTHING
FROM MY
PEOPLE!

A CHILD?!
YOU HID A
oe NO, IT’S NOT
POSSIBLE--
 WP ser, w 1’M JUST SAYING...
= i FIFTEEN YEARS |S
ALL THAT SAID, ALONG TIME, IT
WE WERE NOT SEEMS LIKE ENOUGH WHAT
WITHOUT OUR PUNISHMENT. WOULD YOU
DISAGREEMENTS. HAVE ME DOZ
a i 1 ye RELEASE
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YES. % THAT'S EXACTLY THE ZAXAL
WHAT I’D HAVE YOU ROYAL FAMILY
DO. REX, PLEASE... THE PRACTICALLY
PEOPLE LOVE YOU FOR ENSLAVED THIS
YOUR COMPASSION. ENTIRE PLANET.
THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY’RE A
NO DANGER DANGER TO
EVERYONE.

THEY’RE
WELL TAKEN
CARE OF IN THEIR
IMPRISONMENT...
THEY’LL LIVE OUT
THEIR LIVES IN
COMFORT, I REFUSE
TO EXECUTE THEM--
BUT RELEASING —
THEM?

YOU’RE
BETTER
THAN THIS, THE
PEOPLE KNOW
YOU’RE BETTER
THAN THIS.

REX,
PLEASE....

SF F&C F&F Fee «&c

YOU ALWAYS PUSHED
ME TO BE BETTER, YOU
———— HELPED ME KEEP
MYSELF IN CHECK...

mm
...MAYBE I SHOULD =
HAVE LISTENED TO i
YOU MORE. ‘
OVER THE YEARS,
I BECAME
DISTRACTED.
I MEAN,
MAN, I SWEAR, I SPENT
le I DIDN'T HAVE SO LONG ASA
HUNDREDS OF YEARS SKINNY BEANPOLE...
TO GET USED TO I DON’T EVEN... I
THESE THINGS, I NEVER THOUGHT
DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS WAS IN MY
I'D Do. FUTURE.

I MEAN... YOU HIT THE JACKPOT, THE FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE AGAIN
RIGHT? FALLING IN LOVE WITH STILL LARGELY DEPENDENT ON YOu’ve BEEN
ME FOR MY MIND, AND OFF-WORLD IMPORTS. WE REX2 WORKING ON
WINNING PERSONALITY... HAVEN'T SUFFICIENTLY : THIS FOR
ANP GETTING... SUPPLEMENTED THE Loss MONTHS!
OF THAT IN THE ECONOMY
IN THE LAST SIXTY
YEARS. MEASURES
WILL NEED
TO BE TAKEN
TO PREVENT A
SUBSTANTIAL
ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN...

I KNOW, AMANDA, I’M SORRY. I KNOw...

AS RECONSTRUCTION AND I’M SORRY.
IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS I KNOW.
WORLPWIPE SLOW DOWN, I DON’T KNOW
WE’RE SEEING A WwHOW I’VE BEEN
REAL PROBLEM UNABLE TO FIND THE
EMERGE. TIME TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT ECONOMICS,
OR POPULATION
MAINTAINING OUR MANAGEMENT--
NEW CITIES IS NOT OR EVEN THE FLAXAN
PROVIDING ENOUGH LANGUAGE OVER THE
WORK FOR THE CENTURIES... T
BOOMING POPULATION WISH I COULD
IN PEACE TIME. IT’S HELP, AND T...
A REAL-- a T/LL
LEAVE YOU
AN
uA TO IT.

THERE WAS ALOT GOING

ON AND I THOUGHT WE
HAD ALL THE TIME IN
THE WORLD.

I REALIZE NOW
I SHOULD HAVE
MADE MORE
TIME FOR YOU.
 I WAS SO BUSY,
I FAILED TO AMANDA,
NOTICE WHEN We’RE

selec
YOU STARTED
;
THE MOMENT MEETING,
WHENTLost heé PLANNING,
RUNNING
AN ENTIRE
CIVILIZATION--I
KNOW WHAT
YOU’RE DOING!
THAT’S WHY
I’M HERE!

WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL ME ABOUT

THE ZAXAL WORK CLASSIFICATION ACT?!
I KNOW, I DON’T KNOW THE LANGUAGE,
I'VE TRIED TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE...
BUT THAT DOESN’T Give YOU
THE RIGHT TO KEEP
THINGS FROM ME!

DESCENDANTS OF
THE ZAXAL ROYAL FAMILY
AND THEIR ALLIES ARE DO YOU KNOW THEY
RESTRICTED ACCESS TO WORK IN THE MINES OF
CITY CENTERS?! HOW IS THE WASTELAND TO EARN
THAT REMOTELY A LIVING WAGE? THEIR
HUMANE?! CHILDREN GROW UP IN TENT
cities! HOW HAVE
YOU ALLOWED
THIS TO GO ON?!

THEY’RE KEPT FROM THE GENERAL WHY HAVEN’T WE BEEN

POPULATION FOR SECURITY REASONS. COMBATING THIS WITH
CPLEASE YOU REMEMBER THE YEARS AFTER EDUCATION AND
EXCUSE THE WAR--HOW MANY ZAXALS BUILDING A SENSE OF =
Me.> WHAT YOU WERE EXECUTED IN COMMUNITY 2
HAVE HEARD IS AN THE STREETS. vou ElVe UP
EXAGGERATION. ON INTEGRATING
I COULD THEM INTO
THINK OF
NO OTHER
ALTERNATIVE,
IT’S FOR
THEIR OWN
SAFETY.

THEIR LIVING
CONDITIONS ARE
ADEQUATE. THE
WASTELAND HAS
CHANGED A GREAT
DEAL OVER THE
LAST FEW DECADES,
DUE IN LARGE
PART TO THEIR
SETTLEMENT OF
THE AREA.

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN

WHAT WE’RE DOING HERE--
WHAT’S AT STAKE? THERE
ARE MANY WHO WOULD
PREFER THINGS TO BE
AS THEY WERE UNDER
THE ZAXALS.

I HAVE TO
OPPOSE RADICAL
POLITICAL FACTIONS I PUSHED YOU —
EVERY ELECTION-- AWAY WHEN I
SOME HAVE EVEN SHOULD HAVE
PROPOSED A RETURN BROUGHT YOU IN,
OF SLAVERY. EXPLAINED THINGS
BETTER... SHOWN
YOU WHAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
THEY’RE THE
GRANDCHILDREN
OF OUR ENEMY
AT THIS POINT...
BUT THEY’RE
STILL
DANGEROUS.
 & YOU
WANT TO BEAT
SOMEONE--

MY PEOPLE ARE YOUR LANGUAGE WAS USED WELL, YOU

FREED. THANK AS CODE IN THE WAR. MY WON’T HAVE
YOU, AMANDA VEOPLE CRACKED IT AND TO WORRY
MONSTER WE’VE TAUGHT OUR ABOUT THAT
GIRL. CHILDREN FOR ANY MORE.
GENERATIONS.
I
PROMISE.
WE USE IT
IN THE MINES
SO THE
BOSSES WON’T
UNDERSTAND
US.
 YOU MADE THEM SECOND I REALIZE y I WAS HELPING
CLASS CITIZENS, REX! EXACTLY PEOPLE. REMEMBER
PEOPLE ARE PUNISHED FOR WHAT I’ve THAT--DOING
GIVING THEM WORK-- THE RIGHT
THEY CAN’T FEED THING?
THEIR YOUNG!
* — YOU DON’T
THE MINES EVEN REALIZE
WERE THEIR WHAT YOU’VE
ONLY MEANS OF DONE?
SUPPORTING
THEMSELVES--
AND THE BOSSES
KNEW THAT.
THEY WERE
ESSENTIALLY
Slaves!

UNDERMINED ee
y
AUTHORITY! DO YOU NOT
SEE WHAT A
DELICATE HOLD T
HAVE ON THESE
PEOPLE?! ALL OF
THIS COULD COME
CRASHING DOWN
AROUND US AT
ANY MINUTE!

IT’S MY
RESPONSIBILITY
TO HOLD IT ALL

test eat
TOGETHER! MINE!
STS ON
SHOULDERS. AND YOU
ACTUALLY
THINK
YOU WERE
HELPING2!

I AM SORRY THAT IT
HAS TAKEN ME THIS
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ARE STARVING AND
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BECAUSE YOUR WAY OF
DOING THINGS ISN’T
WORKING! THERE’S
PEACE, YES--BUT OUR
RESOURCES ARE LOW
AND YOU DON’T
SEEM TO CARE!

THE ZAXAL ROYAL

FAMILY WENT ABOUT
THINGS THE WRONG WAY,
BUT THEY KNEW WE NEEDED
RESOURCES FROM OTHER
WORLDS TO SUSTAIN THIS
POPULATION! WE DON’T HAVE TO
GO TO WAR FOR IT--BUT THOSE
| PORTALS NEED TO BE USED!
pes YOU ARE LOSING THE PEOPLE.

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ALL PEOPLE OF THE AND FOR
FLAXAN WORLD, THIS YOU MUST
REX ROBOT! BE PUNISHED--
AND YOUR REIGN
BROUGHT TO
AN END!

I COMMAND LEGIONS
OF SOLDIERS--I HAVE

FOOLISH TO EVEN
ATTEMPT THIS!

MONSTER
GIRL--GET
THEM!
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GIRL! I KNEW
U WOULD
STAND WITH
us!

REX IS
NOT TO BE
KILLED! NONE
OF THEM
ARE TO BE
KILLED!
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WAS YOUR FRIEND,
YOU CARED FOR HIM,
BUT HE’S CHANGED.
YOU KNOW THIS. WE’VE
TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR MANY YEARS.
LOOK AT WHAT HE’S I KNOW,
DONE, NOT ONLY TO I STOPPED
Y PEOPLE, BUT BLAMING
TO ALL FLAXANS MYSELF MONTHS
THE WORLD YOURSELF, AGO, ZALL. IT’S
OVER. DEAR. THIS HARP, WITHOUT
HAP To BE HIM... BEING
DONE. SO...
 REX, YOU HAVE
TO HELP ME--YOU
WERE RIGHT ABOUT
THE ZAXALS! THEY’RE
MOUNTING AN ATTACK
ON ANOTHER
DIMENSION
RIGHT Now!

WE HAVE
TO STOP
THEM!

I HAVE MOBILIZED THE

FORCES THAT REMAIN
LOYAL TO ME--ARMIES IN
THE NORTH AND SOUTH
ARE DRIVING THE ZAXALS
OUT OF THE PALACE AND
HAVE EFFECTIVELY
DISRUPTED THEIR
INVASION PLANS. |
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OH, REX... SAY NO MORE.
I’M SORRY YOU WERE RIGHT
an all ABOUT SO MANY THINGS.
I HAD TURNED MY
BACK ON THE PEOPLE...
I WAS SEEKING MORE
POWER AND NOT
USING IT
WISELY.
YOU WERE
RIGHT TO
OPPOSE ME,
AMANDA.
I SEE THAT
Now.

I WANT YOU
TO KNOW...
EVERYTHING WILL
BE DIFFERENT
Now... BETTER,
YOU’LL SEE.

YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND,
REX.

I’ve MADE
SUCH A
HORRIBLE
MISTAKE.
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YOU THOUGHT YOU
COULD CHANGE MY
WORLD--AND YOU’RE
STILL UNAWARE
OF HOW CLOSE TO
ITS END YOU
BROUGHT IT.

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RETURNED US ONE!
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OF US... -
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RESOURCES,
YOU KNOW
EXACTLY
HOW TO BEAT
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REX. I DIDN'T
LOVE HER, I WAS
JUST... SO LONELY.
AND YOU... YOU
WERE NEVER
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AND YOU'D...
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wasn
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HURT YOU, BUT
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‘T WOULD

CAN
YOU EVER
FORGIVE
Me?!

PLEASE...
JUST SAY
SOMETHING
TO Me.

SAY YOU
HATE ME...
ANYTHING.
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CHOSEN MY
AMANDA... SUCCESSOR.

THERE IS
NOTHING
FOR US HERE.
WE'RE NOT...
IT’S...
THESE
PEOPLE ARE SAFE,
THE ZAXALS
HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO
TYRANTS,
BE LOST THEY'VE
WHATEVER
SUPPORTERS THEY
HAD. WE’RE NOT
NEEDED.

ALL THAT
REMAINS FOR US
MEMORIES, TO.PUTIT
I WANT
ALL
BEHIND US...
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GO HOME.

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SHIPS FROM WIDENING THEIZ THEM UP AND GET THEM TO
PERIMETER--AND ALSO FROM THE SAFE ZONES BEFORE
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FLAXAN COMMANDER.
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WHAT I
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AS EVERYONE
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“YETI, BLACK SAMSON--

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PROTECTED! DON’T LET
ANYTHING BREAK THAT
LINE--HOLD THEM OFF
NO MATTER WHAT!

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KID THOR, KNOCKOUT, ANYONE
FROM THE ACTIONEERS THAT'S
|
STILL STANDING--YOU’RE ON
THE FLAXAN GROUND TROOPS,
SPLIT THEM OFF, DIVIDE
AND CONQUER!

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TO GET OVERRUN--
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SOMEONE TO ASSIST.
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WAR ZONE.
JAPANPROID CAN
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TRANSPORT IS
COMPLETE THEN
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THE GROUND TROOPS.
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SQUAPRONS STILL
ACTIVE. FOCUS ON ONE,
DRIVE THEM BACK,
THEN MOVE ON!

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YOU’RE PROUD OF
YOURSELF. WHAT A
GREAT LEADER
YOU TURNED
OUT TO Be.

YOU’RE AN .
EMBARRASSMENT.

NO! IT’S NOT OVER--

IT CAN’T BE! NOT YOU DON’T
E GET TO WIN!
NOT YOU--
NOT AFTER
EVERYTHING 2
YOU’vEe

--YOU
MONSTER!
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AWAY.

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THAT WAS A WEEK OR SO, AND IT Gives ZANPALE, HONEY--
TOUGH ONE. US A GOOD REASON TO YOU’RE RAMBLING
FRACTURE AVOID MY PARENTS! IT’D NONSENSE--HON’,
ISN’T TOO BE A PRETTY TOUGH SELL PLEASE--WHAT
BAD, THAT I BROKE MY ARM ARE YOU TALKING
$0 DON’T WHILE SETTING UP ABOUT?!
WORRY. FOR A GALLERY
SHOW--

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OH, GOD...
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THE KITCHEN
AREN'T
THEY?

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I DON’T
UNDERSTAND.
YOUR BROTHER
WAS FIGHTING
THOSE ALIENS...
NOT YOU. HOW
COULP YOU
BRE,
 LONDON WAS
NEARLY LEVELED
IN THE BATTLE!
WHERE THE HELL
WERE YOU

INVITED US TO HER MOTHERSHIP. WE

WEREN’T THAT FAR AWAY BUT WE WER
OUT OF COMMUNICATION...

EVERYTHING
TURNED OUT OKAY,
RIGHT2 I MEAN, T
CERTAINLY HOPE
NOTHING TOO
HORRIBLE
HAPPENED.

MEAN TO BE
ARGUMENTATIVE--
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LIKE THAT... IT’S JUST CAN’T IMAGINE OKAY. I HONESTLY
HARD, NOT BEING WHAT YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW
ABLE TO HELP. MUST BE GOING HOW LONG THESE
THROUGH. THINGS TAKE.

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G00 TO 4 WHOLE
see YOU UP NEW WORLD
AND ABOUT,
THOUGH--
YOUR ARM
LOOKED
PRETTY NASTY

MARK, WE
a
WE STAYED TO
GOODBYE. MAKE SURE YOU
WERE SAFE AND NOT
IN THE HANDS OF THE
VILTRUMITES. NOW
THAT WE’RE THROUGH
WITH THAT, WE NEED
TO RETURN TO
TALESCRIA.

I’M SURE
THERE AREA
GREAT MANY
MATTERS THAT
REQUIRE MY
ATTENTION.
 SO,
WHAT'S UP,
OLIVER?

YOU COULD
HAVE DIED--
YOU ALMOST I Never
PIP.
Ne TEWOULE
as
SHOULD HAVE
SC0U RUS
HERE... I WAS ONLY
FAULT, Cwowe , THeA oeP.
HAVE KILLED sap aes
THOUGHT--

IF LOSING SOMEONE IT’S OKAY,

CLOSE TO YOU FEELS AN.
LIKE THIS... IF THAT’S
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO
HAVE A LOVED
ONE DIE... q

MAYBE T
WAS WRONG
ABOUT THE
WHOLE
THING...
 AT LEAST I GOT BACK FAST
ENOUGH TO SAY GOODBYE.
I WISH I HAD MORE TIME

YOU WANT
TO FOOL
AROUND?
 GENERAL KREGG,
I HAVE NEVER KNOWN
YOU TO BE A FOOLISH
MAN. IN FACT, I WOULD
COUNT YOU AMONG
MY MOST LOYAL
AGENTS.

$0, WHEN
I SAID TO
INFILTRATE THE
HUMAN POPULATION,
PROCREATE, BUT IN
NO WAY INTERFERE WITH
THE EVENTS THAT
TRANSPIRE WITH THESE
PEOPLE... I WOULD EXPECT
THAT YOU, ABOVE ALL
OTHERS, WOULD
UNDERSTAND AND
FOLLOW THOSE
ORDERS.
AND YET...
HERE WE
ARE.

I AM VERY SORRY,
SIR. IT WAS NOT
MY INTENTION SO? THAT
TO DISOBEY WOMAN IS
YOU. OF LIMITED
IMPORTANCE.
I COULDN’T
STAND BY AND
ALLOW THESE PEOPLE I HAVE
TO BE HARMED. REVIEWED YOUR
THERE IS A HUMAN LOGS. YOU HAVE
WOMAN IN LONDON NEARLY A POZEN
WHO CARRIES HUMAN WOMEN SPREAD
MY CHILD. ALL OVER THE GLOBE
WHO ARE CURRENTLY
IMPREGNATED
WITH YOUR
OFFSPRING.

I KNOW,
GRAND
REGENT
THRAGE.
 WAS THAT
OKAY FOR YOU?
£ MEAN, REALLY.
I DON’T WANT
YOU TO
iii sania
IT.

OH, GROW UP. DON’T OH, GOD.

WELL, IT’S... POSSIBLE POUT ABOUT IT. NOT DON’T START
YOU WERE LEANING ON EVERYONE HITS A WITH THAT
YOUR SUPER POWERS
I KNEW IT.
HOME RUN EVERY AGAIN.
AS A CRUTCH TIME AT BAT. <{
WHEN WE... I FEEL THINGS
STOP WHINING YOU ARE
THAT YOU’RE NOT PERFECT!
PERFECT ANYMORE. YOU’RE--
I WAS FINALLY
FIGURE OUT HOW STARTING TO FEEL
TO DO THINGS WORTHY OF
WITHOUT RELYING YOU AGAIN.
ON YOUR POWERS.
IT WAS...

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 I’ve GOT
TO CHECK IN
I’VE BEEN AWAY
00 LONG.
IT REALLY
CONCERNS ME.
“I’VE GOT NO IDEA
WHAT HE COULD
BE WORKING ON.”
DEEP BELOW THE PENTAGON,
THE SECRET HEAPQUARTERS OF
THE GLOBAL DEFENSE AGENCY.

I KNEW YOUR
MOTHER ONLY
BRIEFLY. I CARED
FOR HER, BUT WE
WERE NOT...
MEANT TO BE
TOGETHER.
I NEVER
KNEW YOU--
THAT WE’D--L
DIDN’T EVEN THINK
IT COULD BE
POSSIBLE FOR
MY MONSTER
FORM TO...
le ’D
KNOWN YOU
EXISTED, I
WOULD Never

THANKS
FOR DOING
THIS,
I DON’T WANT
YOU TO EVER
HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING

WHAT HAPPENED...
ALL OF IT... WAS MY
FAULT. I DROVE US
TO THE FLAXAN
DIMENSION, I TOOK
POWER WILLINGLY, I KNOW NOW
VT US THERE THAT YOU ONLY
EVEN THOUGH DID WHAT YOU
YOU DIDN’T DID BECAUSE OF
BELONG. I Let WHO I BECAME... I WASN’T
THAT POWER AND I FORGIVE
CORRUPT YOU.
Me. I LOST
MYSELF.

THAT PERSON
AGAIN.
 I THINK IT BEST WE SAY
WE WERE ONLY GONE FOR
AS LONG AS IT APPEARS TELLING
WE’VE AGED... EVERYONE
$0 TWELVE THE TRUTH
YEARS. WOULD OPEN
US UP TO
TOO MANY
QUESTIONS,
AND-- 7

CWE HAVE
LOCATED THE
ZAXAL REBEL
LEADERS, SIRE.
IT APPEARS THE
FEMALE IS
WITH CHILD.>
AMANDA,
) 4 LEASE
| EXCUSE ME FOR
A MOMENT.

CIT DOESN’T
MATTER. IF YOU
SOMEHOW... KNOW WHERE THEY
PROCREATED ARE, I WANT YOU
WITH ONE OF TO HUNT THEM DOWN,
THEM.> ALL OF THEM. I
WANT THEIR
BLOOPLINE
ERASED.>

CALL ZAXAL
ROYALS ARE TO
BE GATHERED
AND EXECUTED.
WOMEN,
CHILDREN... ALL
OF THEM.>

CINCLUDING
THE UNBORN

WITHIN THAT
TRAITOROUS
ZAXAL
BELLY.>
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